TY - JOUR
T1 - A mechanical treatment of the leaky faucet experiment
AU - Austin, Jay
PY - 1991/5/6
Y1 - 1991/5/6
N2 - Experimental observation of a series of bistable regions in a string of time intervals between successive drops as a function of flow rate is presented and discussed. A quantitative one-dimensional model is proposed for various moderate flow-rate phenomena observed in a dripping faucet experiment. The existence of a series of bistable regions is explained in terms of a feedback loop in the phase angle of drops oscillating on the end of a pipette.
AB - Experimental observation of a series of bistable regions in a string of time intervals between successive drops as a function of flow rate is presented and discussed. A quantitative one-dimensional model is proposed for various moderate flow-rate phenomena observed in a dripping faucet experiment. The existence of a series of bistable regions is explained in terms of a feedback loop in the phase angle of drops oscillating on the end of a pipette.
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U2 - 10.1016/0375-9601(91)90583-T
DO - 10.1016/0375-9601(91)90583-T
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0001148084
SN - 0375-9601
VL - 155
SP - 148
EP - 154
JO - Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
JF - Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
IS - 2-3
ER -