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The kinetics involved in the spreading of a drop of microstructural fluid over a horizontal solid surface is investigated theoretically. A method is proposed for the measurement of material constants of the fluid, characterizing its micropolarity.
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 253–261, February, 1989.
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Migun, N.P., Eringen, A.C. The spreading of a microstructural fluid over a solid surface. Journal of Engineering Physics 56, 173–180 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00870573
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