CNS Meeting
Monday 26, 11:00 AM, W505 Howey

The shape of rotating drops

John McCuan

When a neutrally buoyant immiscible liquid drop floats in an inviscid bath (or any drop floats freely in absence of gravity), rotation of the drop results in shapes that differ from spherical. I will describe a standard model for some of the possible shapes that can result and some recent results based on that model. I will also describe related problems that remain open. This is joint work with Ryan Hynd, Jeffrey Elms, and Roberto Lopez.