Simulation of a soap film spanning a flexible loop

Author Affiliation

Abdul Majid is Assistant Professor at Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi

Faculty / School

Faculty of Computer Sciences (FCS)

Department

Department of Mathematical Sciences

Was this content written or created while at IBA?

Yes

Document Type

Article

Source Publication

International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics

ISSN

0020-7462

Disciplines

Applied Mathematics | Engineering | Mathematics | Mechanical Engineering

Abstract

A numerical approach is presented to find the equilibrium solutions of a soap film spanning a flexible but inextensible boundary (Giomi and Mahadevan 2012). Various shapes of the soap films are quantified in terms of a dimensionless parameter. Numerical stability and bifurcation analysis is performed. Specifically, estimates of two critical values of the bifurcation parameter responsible for the onset of non-planar shape and first self contact in plane are provided. These two critical values are not known analytically.

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Published

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