Prog. Theor. Phys. Vol. 63 No. 6 (1980) pp. 2112-2114

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Letters

On Irregular Wavy Flow of a Liquid Film Down a Vertical Plane

G. I. Sivashinsky and D. M. Michelson

Department of Applied Mathematics, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

(Received March 3, 1980)

Abstract:

We discuss and equation describing the evolution of the surface of a disturbed film of viscous liquid flowing down a vertical plane.
It is shown that the experimentally observed irregularity of wavy flow of the film is not due to external, random factors, but is a characteristic, inherent property of the flow. In this sense the flow the thin film is yet another example of a deterministic dynamic system capable of displaying chaotic behavior.

URL : http://ptp.ipap.jp/link?PTP/63/2112/
DOI : 10.1143/PTP.63.2112

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Citing Article(s) :

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Multiperiodic Flows, Chaos and Lyapunov Exponents

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