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Published June 1986 | Published
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An experimental investigation of drop deformation and breakup in steady, two-dimensional linear flows

Abstract

We consider the deformation and burst of small fluid droplets in steady linear, two-dimensional motions of a second immiscible fluid. Experiments using a computer-controlled, four-roll mill to investigate the effect of flow type are described, and the results compared with predictions of several available asymptotic deformation and burst theories, as well as numerical calculations. The comparison clarifies the range of validity of the theories, and demonstrates that they provide quite adequate predictions over a wide range of viscosity ratio, capillary number, and flow type.

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© 1986 Cambridge University Press. Received April 11 1985; Revised December 21 1985; Published Online April 21 2006. The authors with to thank Howard Stone for performing several of the more difficult experiments, and Professor Andreas Acrivos for helpful discussions during his sabattical year at Caltech. One of the authors (B. J. B.) was partially supported through a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship. This work was supported by a grant from the Fluid Mechanics program of the National Science Foundation.

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