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Flow caused by an Air-lubricated Edge moving over Viscoelastic Liquid

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REINER1–4 has reported a “centripetal-pump effect” in air and attributed it to second-order stresses, or “cross-stresses”3.

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CERRO, R., MACOSKO, C. & SCRIVEN, L. Flow caused by an Air-lubricated Edge moving over Viscoelastic Liquid. Nature Physical Science 241, 146–147 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci241146a0

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