Dynamics of a viscous thread surrounded by another viscous fluid in a cylindrical tube under the action of a radial electric field: Breakup and touchdown singularities

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 683, Issue , 2011, Pages 27-56

  Wang, Q ^a   Papageorgiou, D T ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

boundary integral methods; capillary flows; thin films

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CAPILLARY FLOW; COMPUTATION THEORY; FILM THICKNESS; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THIN FILMS; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTIONS; ASYMPTOTIC THEORIES; BOUNDARY INTEGRAL METHODS; COMPUTATIONAL PARAMETERS; DIRECT SIMULATION; EVOLUTION EQUATIONS; PARAMETER MEASURING; RADIAL ELECTRIC FIELD;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; ELECTRIC FIELD; FLUID DYNAMICS; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; STOKES FORMULA; THEORETICAL STUDY; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 80053158529     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2011.247     Document Type: Article

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