The floating ball paradox

DOI10.1007/S00021-007-0251-0MaRDI QIDQ972703zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Henry C. Wente

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/s00021-007-0251-0

zbMATH Keywords

surface tensioncapillarityelastic band experimentYoung's balance of forces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with fluid mechanics (35Q35) Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10) Fluid-solid interactions (including aero- and hydro-elasticity, porosity, etc.) (74F10) Capillarity (surface tension) for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B45) Capillarity (surface tension) for incompressible viscous fluids (76D45)

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