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Steady long slender droplets in two-dimensional straining motion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2006

E. J. Hinch  and
A. Acrivos
E. J. Hinch
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
A. Acrivos
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
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Abstract

The recent analysis by Acrivos & Lo (1978) concerning the breakup of a long slender droplet in an axisymmetric straining motion is extended to the case of a two-dimensional hyperbolic flow. It is found that, although the cross-section of the droplet becomes significantly non-circular, the theoretical criterion for breakup is effectively the same as in the axisymmetric case. The theoretical predictions are in good agreement with the available experimental results.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 91 , Issue 3 , 11 April 1979 , pp. 401 - 414
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© 1979 Cambridge University Press

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