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Equilibrium of liquid drops under the effects of rotation and acoustic flattening: results from USML-2 experiments in Space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 1998

C. P. LEE ,
A. V. ANILKUMAR ,
A. B. HMELO  and
T. G. WANG
C. P. LEE
Affiliation:
Center for Microgravity Research and Applications, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
A. V. ANILKUMAR
Affiliation:
Center for Microgravity Research and Applications, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
A. B. HMELO
Affiliation:
Center for Microgravity Research and Applications, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
T. G. WANG
Affiliation:
Center for Microgravity Research and Applications, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
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Abstract

Previous Space-based experiments (Wang et al. 1994a) showed that a rotating liquid drop bifurcates into a two-lobed shape at a lower critical angular velocity, if it is flattened acoustically by the leviating sound field. In this work, we undertake a systematic experimental study of the effect of acoustic flattening on the rotational bifurcation of a liquid drop. We also look into the complementary effect of rotation on the equilibrium of an acoustically drastically flattened drop. Theoretical models are developed for each of the two effects and then woven into a unified picture. The first effect concerns neutral equilibrium, while the second concerns loss of equilibrium, neither of them involving instability. The theories agree well with the experiments.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 354 , 10 January 1998 , pp. 43 - 67
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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