Growth of fingers at a driven three-phase contact line
- 1 October 1992
- journal article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 46 (8), R4500-R4503
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.46.r4500
Abstract
The growth of fingers which develop at the three-phase contact line at the front of a thin film of silicone oil flowing down an inclined plane is studied, and the results compared with those of a recent theoretical treatment of the problem [Troian et al., Europhys. Lett. 10, 25 (1989)]. When the finger length and time are scaled appropriately, the qualitative features of the theoretical predictions are confirmed.Keywords
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