A simple criterion for filament break-up in drop-on-demand inkjet printing

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Hoath, S D ^a   Jung, S ^a,b   Hutchings, I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO;

AXIAL SHORTENING; CRITERION SUPPORT; CRITICAL ASPECT RATIO; DROP-ON-DEMAND; PHYSICAL MODEL; SATELLITE DROPS; SINGLE DROPS;

DROPS;

EID: 84874718580     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4790193     Document Type: Article

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