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The collapse of a viscous tube

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2006

J. A. Lewis
J. A. Lewis
Affiliation:
Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974
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Abstract

The collapse of a composite circular viscous tube owing to external pressure and surface tension is considered. It is shown that, for small surface tension, the collapse time, at which the tube closes, is very sensitive to the viscosity of the inner tube.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 81 , Issue 1 , 9 June 1977 , pp. 129 - 135
Copyright
© 1977 Cambridge University Press

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