B. NÉEL
H. LHUISSIER
L. LIMAT
MSC, Université Paris Diderot & CNRS
France

Image by B. NÉEL & H. LHUISSIER / MSC & CNRS

Side view of a high velocity viscoelastic jet impacting on a plate. On impact, the elastic stresses in the liquid destabilize the jet interface. This spontaneous symmetry-breaking forms a webbed jet which has (here) respectively 13 and 5 wings.

Abstract Link

http://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/DFD14/Session/G16.8

References

H. LHUISSIER, B. NÉEL & L. LIMAT, "Viscoelasticity breaks the symmetry of impacting jets" Phys. Rev. Lett., in press.

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Contact Information

Henri Lhuissier
henri.lhuissier@univ-paris-diderot.fr
MSC - Université Paris Diderot, CNRS
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75025 Paris Cedex 13, France