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  • Gallery of Fluid Motion
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Two instabilities in one liquid sheet

Sandip Dighe1,2,*, Hrishikesh Gadgil2,†, and Tadd Truscott1,‡

  • *Contact author: sandiplaxmandighe@gmail.com
  • †Contact author: gadgil@aero.iitb.ac.in
  • ‡Contact author: taddtruscott@gmail.com
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Phys. Rev. Fluids 10, 110501 – Published 20 November, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/nvkn-hk4g

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This paper is associated with a poster winner of a 2024 American Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD) Milton van Dyke Award for work presented at the DFD Gallery of Fluid Motion. The original poster is available online at the Gallery of Fluid Motion, https://doi.org/10.1103/APS.DFD.2024.GFM.P2692828.

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Phys. Rev. Fluids 10, 110501– Published 20 November, 2025
  • Received 15 June 2025
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