The dam-break problem for viscous fluids in the high-capillary-number limit

DOI10.1017/S0022112008005041zbMath1171.76349OpenAlexW2153140118MaRDI QIDQ3184038

Christophe Ancey, Steve Cochard, N. Andreini

Publication date: 13 October 2009

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112008005041

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Lubrication theory (76D08) Asymptotic methods, singular perturbations applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M45) Dimensional analysis and similarity applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M55)

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