Surface- and interface oscillations in an immiscible spherical viscoelastic system (Q1083934)

The transcendental frequency equation is presented for various viscoelastic immiscible spherical liquid arrangements exhibiting free surface- and interfacial tension. The system is in a zero-gravity environment. The natural damped frequencies depend on the viscosity, surface tension, density and the Maxwell relaxation time. For a freely floating sphere the numerical results of the frequency equation are presented and exhibit with larger surface tension higher natural frequencies, for small relaxation times stronger and for larger relaxation times weaker decay of the oscillations.