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Isolated inertialess drops cannot break up

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2005

JENS EGGERS and
MARCO A. FONTELOS
JENS EGGERS
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TW, UK
MARCO A. FONTELOS
Affiliation:
Departamento de Matemática Aplicada, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, C/Tulipán S/N, 28933 Móstoles, Madrid, SpainPresent address: Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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Abstract

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We consider an axisymmetric, freely suspended fluid drop with surface tension, whose viscosity is so large that both inertia and forcing by an external fluid can be ignored. We show that whatever the initial condition, pinchoff can never occur.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 530 , 10 May 2005, pp. 177 - 180
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© 2005 Cambridge University Press