Rupture of thin viscous films by van der Waals forces: Evolution and self-similarity

DOI10.1063/1.1359749zbMath1184.76571OpenAlexW2051865325MaRDI QIDQ3555445

D. Vaynblat, John R. Lister, Thomas P. Witelski

Publication date: 22 April 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1359749

zbMATH Keywords

surface tensionvan der Waals forcesthin filmsliquid films

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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