Blawzdziewicz, JerzyCristini, VittorioLoewenberg, Michael2007-08-162007-08-162001-06https://hdl.handle.net/11299/3620The dynamics of viscous drops in linear creeping flows are investigated near the critical flow strength at which stationary drop shapes cease to exist. It is shown that the near-critical drop behavior is dominated by a single slow mode that evolves on the time scale diverging at the critical point with the exponent 1/2.