Similarity solutions of the lubrication equation

DOI10.1016/S0893-9659(97)00092-XzbMath0891.35048MaRDI QIDQ1376794

Thomas P. Witelski

Publication date: 21 January 1998

Published in: Applied Mathematics Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

closed-form similarity solutionsfourth-order nonlinear lubrication equationinterface profilesspreading and shrinking solutions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Solutions to PDEs in closed form (35C05) Higher-order parabolic equations (35K25)

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