Capillary breakup of liquid threads: A singularity-free solution

IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics (Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications)

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 880-907

  Shikhmurzaev, Yulii D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breakup of jets; Flow induced marangoni effect; Interface formation; Recoil velocity; Slender jet approximation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; VELOCITY;

CAPILLARY BREAKUP; FLOW INDUCED MARANGONI EFFECT; INTERFACE FORMATION; RECOIL VELOCITY; SLENDER JET APPROXIMATION;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

EID: 29544443375     PISSN: 02724960     EISSN: 14643634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imamat/hxh075     Document Type: Article

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