TY - JOUR
T1 - Comment on "Two touching spherical drops in uniaxial extensional flow
T2 - Analytic solution to the creeping flow problem"
AU - Nemer, M. B.
AU - Chen, X.
AU - Papadopoulos, D. H.
AU - Bławzdziewicz, J.
AU - Loewenberg, M.
PY - 2007/4/1
Y1 - 2007/4/1
N2 - From an analysis of tangent spherical drops in straining flow, Baldessari and Leal conclude that the drop-scale internal circulation, driven by the ambient flow, has a negligible influence on the drainage of the thin liquid film between drops under small-deformation conditions [F. Baldessari, L.G. Leal, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 289 (2005) 262]. However, their conclusion is incorrect as explained in this letter.
AB - From an analysis of tangent spherical drops in straining flow, Baldessari and Leal conclude that the drop-scale internal circulation, driven by the ambient flow, has a negligible influence on the drainage of the thin liquid film between drops under small-deformation conditions [F. Baldessari, L.G. Leal, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 289 (2005) 262]. However, their conclusion is incorrect as explained in this letter.
KW - Drop coalescence
KW - Film drainage
KW - Noncoalescence
KW - Stokes flows
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jcis.2006.10.028
DO - 10.1016/j.jcis.2006.10.028
M3 - Letter
C2 - 17250845
AN - SCOPUS:33846782613
SN - 0021-9797
VL - 308
SP - 1
EP - 3
JO - Journal of Colloid And Interface Science
JF - Journal of Colloid And Interface Science
IS - 1
ER -