A volume-of-fluid numerical method is used to predict the dynamics of drop formation from a nozzle with a circular exit, directed vertically downwards in air, when the drop fluid is shear-thinning. The validity of the numerical calculation is first confirmed for a Newtonian fluid by comparison with experimental measurements. For the cases considered, predictions for a shear-thinning drop fluid result in more rapid pinch-off and a smaller final neck length consistent with a related study of liquid bridges.
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%A Davidson, M. R.
%A Cooper-White, J. J.
%A Tirtaatmadja, V.
%D 2004
%J The ANZIAM Journal
%K 76b45-capillarity 76b10-jets-and-cavities 76a05-non-newtonian-fluids
%P C405--C418
%T Shear-thinning drop formation
%U http://anziamj.austms.org.au/V45/CTAC2003/Davi/
%V 45(E)
%X A volume-of-fluid numerical method is used to predict the dynamics of drop formation from a nozzle with a circular exit, directed vertically downwards in air, when the drop fluid is shear-thinning. The validity of the numerical calculation is first confirmed for a Newtonian fluid by comparison with experimental measurements. For the cases considered, predictions for a shear-thinning drop fluid result in more rapid pinch-off and a smaller final neck length consistent with a related study of liquid bridges.
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title = {{Shear-thinning drop formation}},
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volume = {45(E)},
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