Renardy, Yuriko Y.Cristini, Vittorio2007-08-162007-08-162001-06https://hdl.handle.net/11299/3622A spherical drop, placed in a second liquid of the same density and viscosity, is subjected to shear between parallel walls. The subsequent flow is investigated numerically with a volume-of-fluid continuous-surface-force algorithm. Inertially driven breakup is examined. The critical Reynolds numbers are examined for capillary numbers in the range where the drop does not break up in Stokes flow.