Capillary breakup of a viscous thread surrounded by another viscous fluid

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2758-2764

  Lister, John R ^a   Stone, Howard A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001219197     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869799     Document Type: Article

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