{
  "id": "physics/0111003",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2001-11-02T08:12:51.000Z",
  "updated": "2001-11-02T08:12:51.000Z",
  "title": "Theory of Drop Formation",
  "authors": [
    "Jens Eggers"
  ],
  "journal": "Physics of Fluids 7, 941-953 (1994)",
  "doi": "10.1063/1.868570",
  "categories": [
    "physics.flu-dyn"
  ],
  "abstract": "We consider the motion of an axisymmetric column of Navier-Stokes fluid with a free surface. Due to surface tension, the thickness of the fluid neck goes to zero in finite time. After the singularity, the fluid consists of two halves, which constitute a unique continuation of the Navier-Stokes equation through the singular point. We calculate the asymptotic solutions of the Navier-Stokes equation, both before and after the singularity. The solutions have scaling form, characterized by universal exponents as well as universal scaling functions, which we compute without adjustable parameters.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2001-11-02T08:12:51.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "drop formation",
      "navier-stokes equation",
      "fluid consists",
      "navier-stokes fluid",
      "universal scaling functions"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "AIP",
      "journal": "Physics of Fluids",
      "year": 1995,
      "month": "May",
      "volume": 7,
      "number": 5,
      "pages": 941
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "1995PhFl....7..941E"
    }
  }
}