# Impulsively actuated jets from thin liquid films for high-resolution printing applications

- Title: Impulsively actuated jets from thin liquid films for high-resolution printing applications
- Authors: Matthew S. Brown; C. Frederik Brasz; Yiannis Ventikos; Craig B. Arnold
- Year: 2012
- DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2012.337
- arXiv ID/URL: Not yet checked
- Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2012.337
- Record type: journal-article
- Date searched: 2026-10-14
- Record origin: New search
- Evidence level: E: publisher abstract
- Access status: Metadata and abstract evidence; full-text access not verified.
- Lesson mapping: Chapter 1; Chapter 3; Chapter 4

## Two-sentence summary

A deforming blister drives liquid-film ejection and a printable external jet.
Measured blister profiles drove simulations compared against jet shape, evolution, and released volume.

## Provenance

Canonical metadata: https://api.crossref.org/works/10.1017%2Fjfm.2012.337

Venue: Journal of Fluid Mechanics

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## Applicability and gaps

The driving boundary was measured. A pressure-only spherical model lacks that spatial launch input.

## Evidence review

- Date read: 2026-10-18
- Source read: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-fluid-mechanics/article/abs/impulsively-actuated-jets-from-thin-liquid-films-for-highresolution-printing-applications/8B18A5957DC4317B99B9F4D2134259CC
- Locator: Abstract: measured boundary motion and experimental comparison