Peristaltic elastic instability in an inflated cylindrical channel
A long cylindrical cavity through a soft solid forms a soft microfluidic channel, or models a vascular capillary. We observe experimentally that, when such a channel bears a pressurized fluid, it first dilates homogeneously, but then becomes unstable to a peristaltic elastic instability. We combine...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2019
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