Thinning and disturbance growth in liquid films mobilized by continuous surfactant delivery

DOI10.1063/1.1623489zbMath1186.76174OpenAlexW1966605830MaRDI QIDQ3554186

Sandra M. Troian, Benjamin J. Fischer

Publication date: 22 April 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/4958/

zbMATH Keywords

initial value problemseigenvalues and eigenfunctionssurfactantsliquid films

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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