Algorithms for Eulerian treatment of jet breakup induced by surface tension (Q914492)

In a recent paper [the authors, ibid. 71, 324-342 (1987; Zbl 0613.76039)], to which the reader should refer for more details, we presented a numerical investigation of the disintegration of a liquid jet, subject to capillary forces, and emanating into a stationary, low- density ambient. The full Navier-Stokes equations were employed. As in the previous theoretical studies of other investigators, we used the idealization of an infinite jet (Lagrangian coordinates). In the present extension of our earlier work, that assumption is abandoned (Eulerian coordinates employed). The resulting computational problem is much more difficult, but more representative of many real-world applications.