Drop oscillations under simple shear in a highly viscoelastic matrix

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-96

  Renardy, Y ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drop deformation; Viscoelastic liquid; Volume of fluid methods

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROP BREAKUP; DROPS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SHEAR DEFORMATION; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 38049057832     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-007-0214-7     Document Type: Article

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