A numerical study of scaling relations for non-newtonian thin-film flows with applications in ice sheet modelling

DOI10.1093/QJMAM/HBT009zbMath1291.76046OpenAlexW2016719500MaRDI QIDQ5169347

Nina Kirchner, Josefin Ahlkrona, Per Loetstedt

Publication date: 22 July 2014

Published in: The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmam/hbt009

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic expansionBlatter-Pattyn equationshigh viscosity boundary layerShallow Ice ApproximationStoke equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Non-Newtonian fluids (76A05) Thin fluid films (76A20) Asymptotic methods, singular perturbations applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M45) Glaciology (86A40)

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