Publications [#10426] of Thomas P Witelski

Papers Published

1. Karl B. Glasner and Thomas P. Witelski, Coarsening dynamics of dewetting films, Physical Review E, vol. 67 (2003), pp. 016302 [GetabsServlet]
   (last updated on 2004/02/12)

   Abstract:
   Many thin fluid films are subject to instabilities caused by a competition of short and long range intermolecular forces. After breaking into droplets connected by an ultra-thin film, the fluid will undergo a coarsening process in which droplets both move and exchange mass on slow timescales. In the context of a one-dimensional lubrication model, the slow dynamics can be characterized in terms of a finite dimensional set of evolution equations. From this, a scaling law which governs the coarsening rate is derived.