Published January 2009 | Version v1
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Travelling waves for a thin liquid film with surfactant on an inclined plane

Creators

  • 1. Mathematics Department, North Carolina State University, Box 8205, Raleigh, NC 27695 (United States)

Description

We show the existence of travelling wave solutions for a lubrication model of surfactant-driven flow of a thin liquid film down an inclined plane, in various parameter regimes. Our arguments use geometric singular perturbation theory

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0951-7715/22/1/006

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0951-7715/22/1/006;
PII
S0951-7715(09)77752-7;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nonlinearity (Print)
Journal Volume
22
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 85-122
ISSN
0951-7715

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
44095778
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S97: MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTING;
Descriptors DEI
LIQUIDS; LUBRICATION; PERTURBATION THEORY; SURFACTANTS; THIN FILMS; TRAVELLING WAVES
Descriptors DEC
FILMS; FLUIDS