The floating ball paradox

DOI10.1007/S00021-007-0251-0zbMATH Open1196.76024OpenAlexW1985360477MaRDI QIDQ972703FDOQ972703

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)

Cited In (1)

• Thomas Young's surface tension diagram: its history, legacy, and irreconcilabilities

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