@article{3925,
  author = {Nan Xue and Howard Stone},
  title = {Self-Similar Draining near a Vertical Edge.},
  abstract = { <p>When a liquid film drains on a vertical plate, the film becomes nonuniform near the vertical edge. Here we experimentally report the three-dimensional (3D) self-similar shape of this film. Based on the well-known 2D self-similar solution of a draining film far from the edge, we identify a new 3D self-similar scaling, which converts the partial differential equation for the film thickness with three independent variables into an ordinary differential equation. Interferometry is performed to measure the film thickness as a function of position and time, and the results are in excellent agreement with the theoretical predictions.</p> },
  year = {2020},
  journal = {Phys Rev Lett},
  volume = {125},
  pages = {064502},
  month = {2020 Aug 07},
  issn = {1079-7114},
  doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.064502},
  language = {eng},
}