1. Simulations and experiments demonstrating the existence of several intermediate regimes between the initial viscous regime and the final IV regime for a highly viscous fluid of Oh=1.81.
Simulations and experiments demonstrating the existence of several intermediate regimes between the initial viscous regime and the final IV regime for a highly viscous fluid of Oh=1.81. (A) Computations show that as the filament thins, the dynamics transitions from an initial V regime to the final IV regime through an intermediate I regime (but see C). (B) Experiments accord with the predictions from simulations and exhibit the same transition dynamics. (C) However, local Reynolds number calculations from the simulations reveal more information about the transitions. Whereas the initial V, intermediate I, and final IV regimes are confirmed from the computed variation of Relocal with hmin, this analysis also indicates the existence for a very short time of an intermediate V regime after the I regime.
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