The merging of two fluid drops is one of the fundamental topological transitions occurring in
free surface flow. Its description has many applications, for example, in the chemical industry …

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 …

Hypothesis Droplet coalescence is a common phenomenon and plays an important role in
many applications. When two liquid droplets are brought into contact, a liquid bridge forms …

Computations of the breakup of a liquid bridge are used to establish the limits of applicability
of similarity solutions derived for different breakup regimes. These regimes are based on …

When two drops are slowly brought together and first touch, a microscopic liquid neck or a
bridge forms between them. The expansion of the neck is controlled by the capillary …

Hydrodynamics of drop coalescence has been studied theoretically and numerically by
solving the Navier Stokes equation considering a single fluid after the minimum bridge …

We report studies of the coalescence of pairs of picolitre aerosol droplets manipulated with
holographic optical tweezers, probing the shape relaxation dynamics following coalescence …

The merging of two fluid drops is one of the fundamental topological transitions occurring in
free surface flow. Its description has many applications, for example in the chemical industry …

When two liquid droplets approach at negligible velocity in air, their coalescence
spontaneously occurs by jump-to-contact instability and a connecting bridge joining the two …

The coalescence of two liquid drops surrounded by a viscous gas is considered in the
framework of the conventional model. The problem is solved numerically with particular …