The development of nonlinear waves on the surface of a horizontally rotating thin liquid film

DOI10.1017/S0022112087002921zbMath0642.76047OpenAlexW1989558321MaRDI QIDQ3783707

David John Needham, John H. Merkin

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112087002921

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic structuremethod of matched asymptotic expansionaxisymmetric thin liquid film formationevolution of localized disturbanceshorizontally spinning disksteady film

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lubrication theory (76D08) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Waves for incompressible viscous fluids (76D33)

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