...Takehiro Yamamoto; Takanori Suga; Kiyoji Nakamura; Noriyasu Mori The penetration of a long gas bubble through a viscoelastic fluid in a tube was studied. Experiments were carried out for two Newtonian and five polymeric solutions to investigate the relation between the coating film thickness...

... film flow thin films gravity scaling phenomena wave propagation coatings Navier-Stokes equations The flows of thin films at moderate Reynolds number have practical applications that include liquid film coating, 1 . In coating processes, flow rates and speeds are typically high enough...