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Note on the capillary thread instability for fluids of equal viscosities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

H. A. Stone
Affiliation:
Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
M. P. Brenner
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

Abstract

An analytic formula is derived for the Rayleigh growth rate of a fluid cylinder immersed in a fluid of equal viscosity, and an extension is given for concentric fluid threads.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1996 Cambridge University Press

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