Convex, rotationally symmetric liquid bridges between spheres (Q883847)

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Convex, rotationally symmetric liquid bridges between spheres
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    12 June 2007
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    The author shows that a convex unduloidal liquid bridge between two balls is a constrained local energy minimum for the capillary problem, and that a convex nodoidal bridge between two balls is unstable. This report solves a historical conjecture that relates the physics of this configuration to the geometry of constant mean curvature surfaces. An excellent article.
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    constant mean curvature surfaces
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    stability
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    capillarity
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