The final stages of capillary break-up of polymer solutions

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Sattler, R ^a   Gier, S ^a   Eggers, J ^b   Wagner, C ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; IMAGE RESOLUTION;

CAPILLARY BREAKS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; INDIVIDUAL DROPLETS; PERIODIC INSTABILITIES; PERIODIC PATTERN; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; POLYMERIC FIBERS; QUALITATIVE BEHAVIOR;

DROPS;

EID: 84857730911     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3684750     Document Type: Article

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