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Droplet Breakup

Droplet Breakup is a physical process in multiphase fluid dynamics wherein a single liquid droplet disintegrates into smaller daughter droplets due to hydrodynamic instabilities induced by surrounding flow stresses exceeding interfacial stabilizing forces.

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Droplet Disintegration

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945

Fundamentals of the hydrodynamic mechanism of splitting in dispersion processes

J. O. Hinze · AIChE Journal · 1955 · 2.6K citations

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Nonlinear dynamics and breakup of free-surface flows

Jens Eggers · Reviews of Modern Physics · 1997 · 1.8K citations

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Droplet-wall collisions: Experimental studies of the deformation and breakup process

Chr. Mundo, Martin Sommerfeld, Cameron Tropea · International Journal of Multiphase Flow · 1995 · 1.3K citations

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Geometrically Mediated Breakup of Drops in Microfluidic Devices

Darren R. Link, Shelley L. Anna, David A. Weitz et al. · Physical Review Letters · 2004 · 1.2K citations

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Dynamics of Drop Deformation and Breakup in Viscous Fluids

Howard A. Stone · Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics · 1994 · 1.1K citations

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Authors

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  1. HA
    Howard A. Stone

    Princeton University, United States

    14 publications · 4.8K citations

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  2. HL
    Huai Li

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    13 publications · 879 citations

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  3. MG
    Manolis Gavaises

    City, University of London, United Kingdom

    12 publications · 391 citations

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  4. GS
    George Strotos

    City, University of London, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 369 citations

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  5. SJ
    Shan Jing

    Tsinghua University, China

    11 publications · 317 citations

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Institutions

732

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    28 h-index

    104 publications

    7.4K citations

  2. Tsinghua University

    Beijing, China

    22 h-index

    120 publications

    5.2K citations

  3. State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering

    Hangzhou, China

    22 h-index

    90 publications

    5.1K citations

  4. Tianjin University

    Tianjin, China

    18 h-index

    91 publications

    4.3K citations

  5. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    17 h-index

    46 publications

    3.4K citations

  6. Xi'an Jiaotong University

    Xi'an, China

    14 h-index

    42 publications

    2K citations

  7. Laboratoire Réactions et Génie des Procédés

    Nancy, France

    13 h-index

    19 publications

    1.4K citations

  8. City, University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    30 publications

    1K citations

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Venues

  1. Physics of Fluids

    97 publications · 5.8K citations

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  2. Chemical Engineering Science

    72 publications · 3.9K citations

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  3. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    46 publications · 6.9K citations

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  4. International Journal of Multiphase Flow

    50 publications · 7.2K citations

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  5. AIChE Journal

    32 publications · 4.4K citations

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