FIG. 3.

Effect of the η₀/η₁ ratio on the shape recovery dynamics of viscoelastic droplets in an ideal fluid. The shear relaxation rate is fixed at ${\tau }_1^{\mathrm{s}\mathrm{r}}{\lambda }_l^{\mathrm{D}}$ = 1, where the two decay components of $f_l\left(t\right)$ have equal amplitudes. The values of η₀/η₁ are shown in the legend. The result for a Newtonian droplet is displayed for reference. The results here are valid for any l.