Conical tip in frozen water drops
Fluid Dynamics
2014-04-18 v1
Abstract
A theory is presented for the formation of a conical tip in water drops that are frozen on a flat surface below freezing temperature. For the known ice to water density ratio r = .917, the angle of aperture of this cone is found to be {\theta} = 33.550, consistent with observations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1404.4425,
title = {Conical tip in frozen water drops},
author = {Michael Nauenberg},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.4425},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
6 pages, 2 figures