Stability of connected cylindrical liquid bridges

Neha Patel, Mohammad Reza Dodge, J. Iwan D. Alexander, Lev A. Slobozhanin, P. L. Taylor, Charles Rosenblatt

Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics · 2002 · 29 citations · 14 references

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Abstract

Two cylindrical liquid bridges, with a conduit to facilitate flow of liquid from one bridge to the other, were levitated against gravity in a magnetic field gradient. The stability limit of the bridges subjected to near zero total body force was measured as a function of their slenderness ratios, and found to be in good agreement with theoretical predictions.

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