The progressive break-up of an initially stable fluid column or thread into a number of
smaller droplets is an important dynamical process that impacts many commercial …

A drop falling from a faucet is a common example of a mass fissioning into two or more
pieces. The shape of the liquid in this situation has been investigated by both experiment …

Pinch-off and scaling during drop formation are studied using high-accuracy computation
and ultrafast, high-resolution imaging. The interface of a water drop (viscosity μ≈ 1 cP) is …

Contraction of a filament of an incompressible Newtonian liquid in a passive ambient fluid is
studied computationally to provide insights into the dynamics of satellite drops created …

Recent observations indicate that the shape of a fluid interface undergoes repeated
instabilities arbitrarily close to breakoff. We interpret this behavior as the result of successive …

The van der Waals driven rupture of a freely suspended thin viscous sheet is examined
using a long-wavelength model. Dimensional analysis shows the possibility of first-type …

We present a numerical model for the dynamics of thin viscous threads based on a discrete,
Lagrangian formulation of the smooth equations. The model makes use of a condensed set …

Pinch-off dynamics of slender liquid bridges of generalized Newtonian fluids without and
with inertia are studied using asymptotic analysis and numerical computation. The …

This chapter deals with capillary instability of straight free liquid jets moving in air. It begins
with linear stability theory for small perturbations of Newtonian liquid jets and discusses the …

A nonlinear, two-dimensional plate model is presented that describes the dynamic response
of composite laminate structures with embedded magnetostrictive materials. The model …