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Soap film catastrophes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 September 2021

Hamed K. Habibi  and
Rouslan Krechetnikov Open the ORCID record for Rouslan Krechetnikov [Opens in a new window]
Hamed K. Habibi
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Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G1, Canada
Rouslan Krechetnikov*
Affiliation:
Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G1, Canada
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†Email address for correspondence: krechet@ualberta.ca
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Abstract

Earlier systematic experimental studies of bursting soap films by McEntee & Mysels (J. Phys. Chem., vol. 73, 1969, pp. 3018–3028) revealed the existence of a precursor shock wave preceding the expanding hole in a punctured film, with a disturbed region of shrinking film material in between known as the ‘aureole’. In the present work we report and interpret new phenomena associated with the aureole – the formation of folds on the surface of soap films. In search of the theoretical explanation of the experimentally identified conditions under which the folds appear, we establish that they correspond to catastrophes of collapsing soap films.

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Interfacial Flows (free surface): Thin films

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 926 , 10 November 2021 , A19
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