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The Dynamics of Thin Sheets of Fluid. I. Water Bells

Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, +1 more
- 15 Dec 1959 - 
- Vol. 253, Iss: 1274, pp 289-295
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In this paper, a simple solution of the equations representing the shape of an axially symmetric sheet of fluid is given, and the shapes so calculated are compared with photographs of a "water bell" produced by placing a plane or conical obstruction in the centre of a jet of water.
Abstract
A simple solution of the equations representing the shape of an axially symmetric sheet of fluid is given. The shapes so calculated are compared with photographs of a 'water bell' produced by placing a plane or conical obstruction in the centre of a jet of water. The effect of air friction is evident in one of the photographs, and calculation, using a formula due to Howarth, shows that it should have been expected, though previous discussions of water bells have assumed it negligible.

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The surface tension of a moving water sheet

W N Bond
TL;DR: In this article, a method of measuring surface tension is developed and applied to measure the surface tension of water, giving 73.83±0.13 dyne/cm at 15°C.