Maxwell Tension Supports the Water Bridge

Details Maxwell Tension Supports the Water Bridge Maxwell Tension Supports the Water Bridge

2008-12-30

arxiv.org/abs/0812.4845v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

Scientific paper

A cylindrical flexible cable made up of pure fluid water can be experimentally spanned across a spatial gap with cable endpoints fixed to the top edges of two glass beakers. The cable has been called a water bridge in close analogy to iron cables employed to build ordinary span bridges. A necessary condition for the construction of a water bridge is that a large electric field exists parallel to and located within the water cable. Presently, there is no accepted detailed theory which quantitatively explains the forces which hold up the bridge. Our purpose is to present such theory based on the Maxwell pressure tensor induced by the electric field albeit within the condensed matter dielectric fluid cable.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Maxwell Tension Supports the Water Bridge does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Maxwell Tension Supports the Water Bridge, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Maxwell Tension Supports the Water Bridge will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-117191