Publications and Preprints

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1. L. B. Smolka and A. Belmonte,
"Charge screening effects on filament dynamics in xanthan gum solutions"
Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 137, 103-109 (2006).  PDF file (339 KB) Abstract

2. L. B. Smolka, B. Marts and A. L. Lin,
"Effect of inhomogeneities on spiral wave dynamics in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction"
 Physical Review E 72, 056205 (2005).    PDF file (290 KB) Abstract

3. L. B. Smolka, A. Belmonte, D. M. Henderson and T.P. Witelski
"Exact solution for the extensional flow of a viscoelastic filament"
 European Journal of Applied Mathematics 15, 679-712 (2004).   PDF file (439 KB) Abstract

4. L. B. Smolka and A. Belmonte,
"Drop pinch-off and filament dynamics of wormlike micellar fluids"
Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 115, 1-25 (2003).  PDF file (616 KB)   Abstract

5. D.M. Henderson, H. Segur, L. B. Smolka, and M. Wadati,
"The motion of a falling liquid filament"
Physics of Fluids 12, 550-565 (2000). PDF file (350 KB) Abstract

6. D.M. Henderson, W.G. Pritchard, and L. B. Smolka,
"On the pinch-off of a pendant drop of viscous fluid"
Physics of Fluids 9, 3188-3200 (1997).  PDF file (20 MB) Abstract

In Preparation
1. "Perturbation formation along an annular viscous jet", with J. North and B. Guerra. 
2. "On the motion and stability of a falling viscous sheet", with T. P. Witelski. 

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Last modified 26 March 2007. Questions or comments to lsmolka@bucknell.edu.