Figure 5.

(a) Time evolution of the minimum thread radius for the viscoelastic solid, simulated by an Oldroyd-B fluid with λ = ∞. Parameters are ϵ = 0.05, ${\eta }_s/\sqrt{\rho \gamma R_0^3}=0.79$ and μR₀/γ = 0.0119. (b–e) Polymeric stresses in the final state of the fluid simulation: (b) σ_p,zz; (c) σ_p,zr; (d) σ_p,rr; (e) σ_p,θθ. The purple to yellow (dark to light) colour gradient represents the change from minimum to maximum stress, respectively. (Online version in colour.)