Virginia TechKhismatullin, D. B.Renardy, Yuriko Y.Cristini, V.2014-04-242014-04-242003-05Khismatullin, DB; Renardy, Y; Cristini, V, "Inertia-induced breakup of highly viscous drops subjected to simple shear," Phys. Fluids 15, 1351 (2003); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.15648251070-6631http://hdl.handle.net/10919/47629We investigate the inertia-driven breakup of viscous drops suspended in a less viscous liquid under simple shear. For Stokes flow, it is known that there is a critical value of the viscosity ratio, beyond which breakup does not occur. We find that for viscosity ratios larger than this, inertia can be used as a mechanism of breakup. Inertia increases the angle of tilt of the drops and effectively leads to emulsification for a wider range of viscosity ratios than in Stokes flow. (C) 2003 American Institute of Physics.en-USIn Copyrightnumerical-simulationlinear flowsdeformationsurfaceliquidArticle - Refereedhttp://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/pof2/15/5/10.1063/1.1564825https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1564825