Eur. Phys. J. E (2006) 20: 365-368
https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2006-10031-3

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A thin-film model for corotational Jeffreys fluids under strong slip

¹ Institute of Mathematics, Humboldt University of Berlin, D-10099, Berlin, Germany
² Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics (WIAS), Mohrenstr. 39, D-10117, Berlin, Germany
³ Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung, Heisenbergstr. 3, D-70569, Stuttgart, Germany
⁴ Institut für Theoretische und Angewandte Physik, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, D-70569, Stuttgart, Germany
⁵ Biological Nanosystems, Interdisciplinary Research Institute, c/o IEMN, Avenue Poincaré, BP 60069, F-59652, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France

^* e-mail: ralf.blossey@iemn.univ-lille1.fr

Received: 19 April 2006
Accepted: 7 August 2006
Published online: 11 August 2006

Abstract

We derive a thin-film model for viscoelastic liquids under strong slip which obey the stress tensor dynamics of corotational Jeffreys fluids.