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Nonlinear rupture of free films

Journal Article · · Physics of Fluids A; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.858597· OSTI ID:5519398
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  1. Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208 (United States)
A free viscous film is subject to van der Waals attractions that lead to film rupture. Long-wave asymptotics is used to derive approximate equations that govern the unstable evolution of the film. The solution of the nonlinear evolution equation is then considered using bifurcation techniques leading to an estimate for the nonlinear rupture time.
OSTI ID:
5519398
Journal Information:
Physics of Fluids A; (United States), Journal Name: Physics of Fluids A; (United States) Vol. 5:5; ISSN PFADEB; ISSN 0899-8213
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English