Shape oscillation of a levitated drop in an acoustic field
Abstract
A `star drop' refers to the patterns created when a drop, flattened by some force, is excited into shape mode oscillations. These patterns are perhaps best understood as the two dimensional analog to the more common three dimensional shape mode oscillations. In this fluid dynamics video an ultrasonic standing wave was used to levitate a liquid drop. The drop was then flattened into a disk by increasing the field strength. This flattened drop was then excited to create star drop patterns by exciting the drop at its resonance frequency. Different oscillatory modes were induced by varying the drop radius, fluid properties, and frequency at which the field strength was modulated.
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@article{arxiv.1310.2967,
title = {Shape oscillation of a levitated drop in an acoustic field},
author = {Weiyu Ran and Steven Fredericks and John R. Saylor},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.2967},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
Gallery of Fluid Motion 2013 video submission, 2 pages, video included Another author was added in the new version