Persistent holes in a fluid

FS Merkt; RD Deegan; DI Goldman; EC Rericha; HL Swinney

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.184501

Persistent holes in a fluid

FS Merkt, RD Deegan, DI Goldman, EC Rericha, HL Swinney

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Abstract

We observe stable holes in a vertically oscillated 0.5 cm deep aqueous suspension of cornstarch. Holes appear only if a finite perturbation is applied to the layer for accelerations a above 10g. Holes are circular and approximately 0.5 cm wide, and can persist for more than 10(6) cycles. Above asimilar or equal to17g the rim of the hole becomes unstable, producing fingerlike protrusions or hole division. At higher acceleration, the hole delocalizes, growing to cover the entire surface with erratic undulations. We find similar behavior in an aqueous suspension of glass microspheres.

Translated title of the contribution	Persistent holes in a fluid
Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1 - 4
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	92 (18) 184501
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.184501
Publication status	Published - 7 May 2004

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Publisher: American Physical Society
Other identifier: IDS Number: 818XN

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