The effect of electric fields on the rupture of thin viscous films by van der Waals forces

DOI10.1063/1.1538250zbMath1185.76321OpenAlexW1982803312MaRDI QIDQ3556382

B. S. Tilley, Demetrios T. Papageorgiou, Knograt Savettaseranee, Peter G. Petropoulos

Publication date: 22 April 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/0fe8ffbd97ab69f56303fd51289916754457ec1e

zbMATH Keywords

surface tensionfilm flowviscositythin filmsflow instabilityliquid filmselectric field effectsVan der waals forces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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