Open AccessOn the Volume Infimum for Liquid Bridges
Author(s) -
Robert Finn,
Thomas Vogel
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
zeitschrift für analysis und ihre anwendungen
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.567
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1661-4534
pISSN - 0232-2064
DOI - 10.4171/zaa/630
Subject(s) - infimum and supremum , volume (thermodynamics) , physics , mathematics , thermodynamics , mathematical analysis
We consider the "Carter conjecture", that any stable liquid bridge in zero gravity, joining two parallel plates separated by a distance h and meeting each plate with constant angle, has volume greater than or equal to h 3/r. We prove the conjecture in the case of the two contact angles being equal.
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