Note on the capillary thread instability for fluids of equal viscosities

Publication information:

H.A. Stone and M.P. Brenner. 1996. “Note on the Capillary Thread Instability for Fluids of Equal Viscosities”. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 318, -1, Pp. 373. doi:10.1017/s002211209600715x

Abstract

An analytic formula is derived for the Rayleigh growth rate of a fluid cylinder immersed in a fluid of equal viscosity, and an extension is given for concentric fluid threads.