The floating ball ``paradox

DOI10.1007/S00021-007-0243-0MaRDI QIDQ972701zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Robert Finn

Publication date 21 May 2010

Published in Journal of Mathematical Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00021-007-0243-0

zbMATH Keywords

capillaritycontact anglemean curvaturesurface tension

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with fluid mechanics (35Q35) Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10) Capillarity (surface tension) for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B45)

Review text

The paper is a response to a previous paper of \textit{H. C. Wente} [J. Math. Fluid Mech. 10, No.~4, 569--582 (2008; Zbl 1196.76024)]. It concerns the validity of Thomas Young's balance of forces argument to derive the contact angle conditions, see \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 suggests a different view, and offers an alternative interpretation of the example of a floating ball experiment. This discussion indicates that there are many interesting open problems concerning a mathematical theory of floating particles.

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