Self-similar solutions for viscous capillary pinch-off

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 497, Issue , 2003, Pages 381-403

  Sierou, Asimina ^a   Lister, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; ITERATIVE METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SURFACE TENSION;

STEADY SOLUTIONS;

VISCOUS FLOW;

CAPILLARY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLUID;

EID: 0842279676     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112003006736     Document Type: Article

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