Model for coiling and meandering instability of viscous threads

Details Model for coiling and meandering instability of viscous threads Model for coiling and meandering instability of viscous threads

2008-12-24

arxiv.org/abs/0812.4497v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

12 pages, 10 figures

Scientific paper

A numerical model is presented to describe both the transient and steady-state dynamics of viscous threads falling onto a plane. The steady-state coiling frequency w is calculated as a function of fall height H. In the case of weak gravity, w ~ H^{-1} and w ~ H are obtained for lower and higher fall heights respectively. When the effect of gravity is significant, the relation w ~ H^2 is observed. These results agree with the scaling laws previously predicted. The critical Reynolds number for coil-uncoil transition is discussed. When the gravity is weak, the transition occurs with hysteresis effects. If the plane moves horizontally at a constant speed, a variety of meandering oscillation modes can be observed experimentally. The present model also can describe this phenomenon. The numerically obtained state diagram for the meandering modes qualitatively agrees with the experiment.

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