Transient stress and interfacial area generated during breakup of a Newtonian thread immersed in a Newtonian medium

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 333-341

  Zkiek, Abdelhamid ^a   Yu, Wei ^a   Bousmina, Mosto ^a   Grmela, Miroslav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breaking thread; Interfacial tension; Polymer blends; Rayleigh instabilities; Surface area

Indexed keywords

BLEND; NEWTONIAN FLUID; POLYMER; STRESS;

EID: 4043160526     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-003-0346-3     Document Type: Article

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