The effects of polymer molecular weight on filament thinning and drop breakup in microchannels

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Arratia, P E ^a   Cramer, L A ^a   Gollub, J P ^b,c   Durian, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRAIC DECAY; AQUEOUS FLUIDS; AQUEOUS PHASIS; CONTINUOUS PHASE; CROSS OVER; DECAY RATE; DECAY TIME; ELASTIC STRESS; ELASTICITY EFFECT; EXPONENTIAL DECAYS; EXTENSIONAL VISCOSITY; FILAMENT THICKNESS; FLUID ELASTICITY; FUNCTION OF TIME; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; POLYMER MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIC FLUID; POLYMERIC SOLUTION; THINNING PROCESS; VISCOSITY RATIOS; VISCOUS NEWTONIAN FLUIDS;

DECAY (ORGANIC); DROP BREAKUP; ELASTICITY; FILAMENTS (LAMP); FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDROCARBONS; MICROCHANNELS; MINERAL OILS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; POLYMERS; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

FLUIDS;

EID: 72049124026     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/11/11/115006     Document Type: Article

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