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Stability of Axisymmetric Liquid Bridges (1601.03018v1)
Published 12 Jan 2016 in physics.flu-dyn
Abstract: We study stability of axisymmetric liquid bridges between two axisymmetric solid bodies in the absence of gravity under arbitrary asymmetric perturbations which are expanded into a set of angular Fourier modes. We determine the stability region boundary for every angular mode in case of both fixed and free contact lines. Application of this approach allows us to demonstrate existence of stable convex nodoid menisci between two spheres.