Session BF: Interfacial and Thin Film Instabilities II
10:56 AM–12:40 PM, Sunday, November 20, 2005
Hilton Chicago Room: Continental C
Chair: Igor Kliakhandler, Michigan Tech. University
Abstract ID: BAPS.2005.DFD.BF.3
Abstract: BF.00003 : Stability of Free Films with Plateau Borders
11:22 AM–11:35 AM
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Abstract 
Authors:
Lucien Brush
Stephen Davis
(Northwestern University)
By using thin-film asymptotics, the dynamics of a 2D film with Plateau borders can be described. This non-planar flowing state is tested for instability to van der Waals pinching and precise instability conditions are obtained for the film.
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