Elastocapillary coiling of an elastic rod inside a drop

DOI10.1007/S10659-016-9611-4zbMATH Open1368.74032arXiv1704.04093OpenAlexW3098239223MaRDI QIDQ2014243FDOQ2014243

Authors: Hervé Elettro, Paul Grandgeorge, Sébastien Neukirch 

Publication date: 10 August 2017

Published in: Journal of Elasticity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Capillary forces acting at the surface of a liquid drop can be strong enough to deform small objects and recent studies have provided several examples of elastic instabilities induced by surface tension. We present such an example where a liquid drop sits on a straight fiber, and we show that the liquid attracts the fiber which thereby coils inside the drop. We derive the equilibrium equations for the system, compute bifurcation curves, and show the packed fiber may adopt several possible configurations inside the drop. We use the energy of the system to discriminate between the different configurations and find a intermittent regime between two-dimensional and three-dimensional solutions as more and more fiber is driven inside the drop.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.04093

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zbMATH Keywords

bifurcationpackingcapillarity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid-solid interactions (including aero- and hydro-elasticity, porosity, etc.) (74F10) Energy minimization in equilibrium problems in solid mechanics (74G65) Rods (beams, columns, shafts, arches, rings, etc.) (74K10)

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