Drop-tower experiments for capillary surfaces in an exotic containerLow-gravity drop-tower experiments are carried out for an 'exotic' rotationally-symmetric container, which admits an entire continuum of distinct equilibrium symmetric capillary free surfaces. It is found that an initial equilibrium planer interface, a member of the continuum, will reorient toward a non-symmetric interface, as predicted by recent mathematical theory.
Document ID
19910034515
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Concus, Paul (California, University Berkeley, United States)
Finn, Robert (Stanford University CA, United States)
Weislogel, Mark (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)