Dynamics of inviscid capillary breakup: Collapse and pinchoff of a film bridge

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 341, Issue , 1997, Pages 245-267

  Chen, Y J ^a   Steen, P H ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE TENSION;

BOUNDARY INTEGRAL METHOD; CAPILLARY BREAKUP; FREE BOUNDARY PROBLEMS;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

CAPILLARY FLOW; FLUID FILMS; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL;

EID: 0031171948     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211209700548X     Document Type: Article

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