Drip**, jetting and tip streaming

JM Montanero, AM Ganán-Calvo - Reports on Progress in …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Drip**, jetting and tip streaming have been studied up to a certain point separately by both
fluid mechanics and microfluidics communities, the former focusing on fundamental aspects …

Sharp interface methods for simulation and analysis of free surface flows with singularities: Breakup and coalescence

CR Anthony, H Wee, V Garg, SS Thete… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
A common feature of many free surface flows—drop/bubble breakup or coalescence and
film/sheet rupture—is the occurrence of hydrodynamic singularities. Accurately computing …

Macromolecular relaxation, strain, and extensibility determine elastocapillary thinning and extensional viscosity of polymer solutions

J Dinic, V Sharma - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2019 - pnas.org
Delayed capillary break-up of viscoelastic filaments presents scientific and technical
challenges relevant for drop formation, dispensing, and adhesion in industrial and biological …

Power laws dominate shear and extensional rheology response and capillarity-driven pinching dynamics of entangled hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) solutions

J Dinic, V Sharma - Macromolecules, 2020 - ACS Publications
Quantitative studies of capillarity-driven pinching and extensional rheology of aqueous
solutions of polysaccharides like hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) are beyond the measurable …

Spreading, pinching, and coalescence: the Ohnesorge units

MA Fardin, M Hautefeuille, V Sharma - Soft Matter, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Understanding the kinematics and dynamics of spreading, pinching, and coalescence of
drops is critically important for a diverse range of applications involving spraying, printing …

Solvent properties influence the rheology and pinching dynamics of polyelectrolyte solutions: Thickening the pot with glycerol and cellulose gum

LN Jimenez, CDV Martínez Narváez, V Sharma - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Charge-bearing groups that ionize in solution influence the macromolecular conformations,
interactions, and dynamics of polyelectrolytes. The rich and complex shear rheological …

Self-similar breakup of polymeric threads as described by the Oldroyd-B model

J Eggers, MA Herrada, JH Snoeijer - Journal of fluid mechanics, 2020 - cambridge.org
When a drop of fluid containing long, flexible polymers breaks up, it forms threads of almost
constant thickness, whose size decreases exponentially in time. Using an Oldroyd-B fluid as …

Dynamics of droplet pinch-off at emulsified oil-water interfaces: Interplay between interfacial viscoelasticity and capillary forces

P Bazazi, HA Stone, SH Hejazi - Physical review letters, 2023 - APS
The presence of submicrometer structures at liquid-fluid interfaces modifies the properties of
many science and technological systems by lowering the interfacial tension, creating …

Droplet formation regime and size prediction in substantial mass transfer systems

H Zhu, Y Huang, D Peng, Z Liao, H Lu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
The size of droplets profoundly impacts the efficiency of mass transfer in heterogeneous
extraction systems. Understanding the interface behavior of droplet formation is crucial for its …

Review on the dynamics of isothermal liquid bridges

JM Montanero, A Ponce-Torres - Applied …, 2020 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
In this review, we describe both theoretical and experimental results on the dynamics of
liquid bridges under isothermal conditions with fixed triple contact lines. These two major …