Stability and breakup of confined threads

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Janssen, P J A ^a   Meijer, H E H ^a   Anderson, P D ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUIDS; PHYSICS;

BOUNDARY INTEGRAL METHODS; CONFINEMENT RATIO; FAR FIELD; OUT OF PHASE; PERIODIC ARRAYS; PERIODIC GREEN'S FUNCTION; STABILIZING EFFECTS; VISCOSITY RATIOS;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 84856427047     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3677682     Document Type: Article

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