On the breaking of long, axisymmetric liquid bridges between unequal supporting disks at minimum volume stability limit

摘要: Abstract The stability of axisymmetric liquid bridges held between non-equal circular supporting disks, and subjected to an axial acceleration, has been analyzed both theoretically experimentally. Some characteristics the breaking process which takes place when limit minimum volume is reached (mainly dependence with disks separation drops resulting after bridge breakage) have studied by using standard asymptotic expansion techniques. From analysis nature unstable equilibrium shapes at it concluded that relative main from rupture drastically change as grows. Theoretical predictions experimentally checked working very small size (supporting being some 1 millimeter in diameter), agreement theoretical experimental results remarkable.