On a generalized approach to the linear stability of spatially nonuniform thin film flows

DOI10.1063/1.1564094zbMath1186.76130MaRDI QIDQ3556458

Sandra M. Troian, Jeffrey M. Davis

Publication date: 22 April 2010

Published in: Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/4955/

zbMATH Keywords

surface tension; film flow; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; lubrication; flow instability; fluid oscillations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76-XX: Fluid mechanics

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Uses Software

• Eigtool

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