title: Comment on "Two touching spherical drops in uniaxial extensional flow: analytic solution to the creeping flow problem".
abstract: From an analysis of tangent spherical drops in straining flow, Baldessari and Leal conclude that the drop-scale internal circulation, driven by the ambient flow, has a negligible influence on the drainage of the thin liquid film between drops under small-deformation conditions [F. Baldessari, L.G. Leal, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 289 (2005) 262]. However, their conclusion is incorrect as explained in this letter.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Nemer
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bławzdziewicz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loewenberg