New Class of Asymmetric Shapes of Rotating Liquid Drops
- 21 July 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 45 (3) , 180-183
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.45.180
Abstract
Shapes and stability of surface-tension-endowed drops rotating rigidly at fixed angular momentum are calculated by finite-element analysis. A new family of asymmetric two-lobed drop shapes is discovered that branches from, and rejoins, the Pik-Pichak family of symmetric two-lobed shapes. The computations are verified for axisymmetric and symmetric two-lobed drop shape by comparison with previous approximations.Keywords
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