The floating ball paradox
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: The floating ball paradox
zbMATH Open document ID: 1196.76024
author: Henry C. Wente
published in: Journal of Mathematical Fluid Mechanics
publication date: 2010-05-21T00:00:00Z
review text: The paper concerns the problem whether or not Thomas Young's balance of forces to derive the contact angle conditions is valid in general. This principle has been called into question by \textit{R. Finn} [Phys. Fluids 18, No.~4, Art.~047102, 7~p. (2006); erratum ibid. 20, No.~10, Paper No.~109901, 1~p. (2008; Zbl 1185.76470)]. The author provides arguments which support Young's method by considering a floating ball and an elastic band experiment. Moreover, interesting result are obtained related to a comparison of the floating ball experiment with an associated trapped drop experiment (Theorem 3.1).
reviewed by: Erich Miersemann
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 76B45
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 76D45
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 74F10
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35Q35
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 53A10
zbMATH DE Number: 5710705
zbMATH Keywords: capillarity
zbMATH Keywords: surface tension
zbMATH Keywords: Young's balance of forces
zbMATH Keywords: elastic band experiment
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: s00021-007-0251-0
OpenAlex ID: W1985360477
DOI: 10.1007/S00021-007-0251-0
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5710705