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Surface tension and viscosity from damped free oscillations of viscous droplets

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Damped oscillations of a viscous droplet in vacuum or in an inert gas of negligible density are considered. The dependence of the complex decay factor on the properties of the liquid is investigated for the first time, and numerical results are compared with earlier studies for special cases. A new method is developed to determine both surface tension and viscosity from a single experiment in which the damping rate and frequency of oscillations are measured. The procedure to determine surface tension and viscosity from oscillating levitated liquids is outlined, and results are presented for various modes of shape oscillations.

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  1. Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Department, Rice University, 77251, Houston, Texas, USA

    P. V. R. Suryanarayana & Y. Bayazitoglu

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Suryanarayana, P.V.R., Bayazitoglu, Y. Surface tension and viscosity from damped free oscillations of viscous droplets. Int J Thermophys 12, 137–151 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00506127

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