End-pinching and inertial-capillary reopening in viscoplastic ligaments at low Ohnesorge number

Shu Yang, Fahim Tanfeez Mahmood, C. Ricardo Constante-Amores

Capillary retraction of liquid ligaments is well understood for Newtonian fluids, whereas viscoplastic effects remain comparatively unexplored. Here, we consider Herschel-Bulkley f…