The fluid trampoline: droplets bouncing on a soap film

We present the results of a combined experimental and theoretical investigation of droplets falling onto a horizontal soap film. Both static and vertically vibrated soap films are considered. In the static case, a variety of behaviours were observed, including bouncing, crossing and partial coalesce...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gilet, Tristan, Bush, John W. M.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Cambridge University Press 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/58727
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7936-7256