Pinching threads, singularities and the number 0.0304...
作者:
Michael P. Brenner,
John R. Lister,
Howard A. Stone,
期刊:
Physics of Fluids
(AIP Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 8,
issue 11
页码: 2827-2836
ISSN:1070-6631
年代: 1996
DOI:10.1063/1.869086
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
The dynamics of capillary pinching of a fluid thread are described by similarity solutions of the Navier–Stokes equations. Eggers [Phys. Rev. Lett.71, 3458 (1993)] recently proposed a single universal similarity solution for a viscous thread pinching with an inertial–viscous–capillary balance in an inviscid environment. In this paper it is shown that there is actually a countably infinite family of such similarity solutions which are each an asymptotic solution to the Navier–Stokes equations. The solutions all have axial scalet′1/2and radial scalet′, wheret′is the time to pinching. The solution obtained by Eggers appears to be special in that it is selected by the dynamics for most initial conditions by virtue of being less susceptible to finite‐amplitude instabilities. The analogous problem of a thread pinching in the absence of inertia is also investigated and it is shown that there is a countably infinite family of similarity solutions with axial scalet′&bgr;and radial scalet′, where each solution has a different exponent &bgr;. ©1996 American Institute of Physics.
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