CNS
Meeting
Monday 26, 11:00 AM, W505 Howey
The shape of rotating drops
John McCuan
When a neutrally buoyant immiscible liquid drop floats in an
inviscid bath (or any drop floats freely in absence of gravity), rotation
of the drop results in shapes that differ from spherical. I will
describe a standard model for some of the possible shapes that can result
and some recent results based on that model. I will also describe
related problems that remain open. This is joint work with Ryan Hynd,
Jeffrey Elms, and Roberto Lopez.