Gravitational instabilities of thin liquid layers: dynamics of pattern selection

DOI10.1016/0167-2789(92)90160-OzbMath0800.76009MaRDI QIDQ1312546

José Eduardo Wesfreid, P. Jenffer, B. Dagens, E. Touron, M. Fermigier, Laurent Limat

Publication date: 9 February 1994

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76-05: Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics

76E17: Interfacial stability and instability in hydrodynamic stability

76E99: Hydrodynamic stability

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