2 papers
physics.flu-dyn2009
The blistering of a viscoelastic filament of a droplet of saliva
Christian Wagner, Rainer Sattler, Jens Eggers
A fluid dynamics video of the break up of a droplet of saliva is shown. First a viscoelastic filament is formed and than the blistering of this filament is shown. Finally, a flow i…
physics.flu-dyn2007
Blistering of viscoelastic filaments
R. Sattler, J. Eggers, C. Wagner
When a dilute polymer solution experiences capillary thinning, it forms an almost uniformly cylindrical thread, which we study experimentally. In the last stages of thinning, when…