Oil droplet in alcohol

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La Foy, Roderick R.; Belden, Jesse; Truscott, Tadd T.; Shih, Anna M.; Techet, Alexandra H.
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Abstract
The elegant patterns formed by fluid droplets falling through a dissimilar liquid were first studied over a century ago.1 The emerging patterns are driven by hydrodynamic instabilities set up by velocity and density gradients between the liquids. We perform experiments using 3 mm droplets of naphthenic oil released from two heights 25 mm, 50 mm into isopropyl alcohol.
Date issued
2010-09
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/79362
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Journal
Physics of Fluids
Publisher
American Institute of Physics
Citation
La Foy, Roderick R., Jesse Belden, Tadd T. Truscott, Anna M. Shih, and Alexandra H. Techet. Oil Droplet in Alcohol. Physics of Fluids 22, no. 9 (2010): 091107. © 2010 American Institute of Physics.
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10706631
1089-7666
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