Faraday instability in deformable domains

Pucci, G. (2013) Faraday instability in deformable domains. Il nuovo cimento C, 36 (4). pp. 61-70. ISSN 1826-9885

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Abstract

Hydrodynamical instabilities are usually studied either in bounded regions or free to grow in space. In this article we review the experimental results of an intermediate situation, in which an instability develops in deformable domains. The Faraday instability, which consists in the formation of surface waves on a liquid experiencing a vertical forcing, is triggered in floating liquid lenses playing the role of deformable domains. Faraday waves deform the lenses from the initial circular shape and the mutual adaptation of instability patterns with the lens boundary is observed. Two archetypes of behaviour have been found. In the first archetype a stable elongated shape is reached, the wave vector being parallel to the direction of elongation. In the second archetype the waves exceed the response of the lens border and no equilibrium shape is reached. The lens stretches and eventually breaks into fragments that have a complex dynamics. The difference between the two archetypes is explained by the competition between the radiation pressure the waves exert on the lens border and its response due to surface tension.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Interfacial instabilities ; Nonlinear dynamics and chaos ; Self-organized systems ; Capillary waves
Subjects: 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 530 Fisica
Depositing User: Marina Spanti
Date Deposited: 05 May 2020 13:03
Last Modified: 05 May 2020 13:03
URI: http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/18285

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