The equilibrium shape and stability of menisci formed between two touching cylinders

DOI10.1017/S0022112087000715zbMath0612.76065OpenAlexW2022251680MaRDI QIDQ3753686

A. E. Sáez, R. Carbonell

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112087000715

zbMATH Keywords

contact lineonset of instabilityequilibrium solutionsequilibrium shapeYoung-Laplace equationasymmetric perturbationsexistence of a bifurcationgeneral bifurcation analysismaximum stable liquid retentionstability of meniscisurface-tension forcestranslationally symmetric bifurcationvertically aligned cylinders

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrodynamic stability (76E99)

Cites Work

• Pendular rings between solids: meniscus properties and capillary force
• The stability of pendent liquid drops. Part 2. Axial symmetry

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