| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 45, Number 2, January 1999
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 169 - 174 | |
| Section | Electromagnetism, optics, acoustics, heat transfer, classical mechanics,and fluid dynamics | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1999-00142-5 | |
| Published online | 01 September 2002 | |
Faraday instability in a linear viscoelastic fluid
Max-Planck Institut für Physik Komplexer Systeme - D-01187 Dresden, Germany
Received:
8
May
1998
Accepted:
13
November
1998
The onset of surface waves in a vibrated layer of
a viscoelastic fluid is investigated theoretically.
For vibration frequencies close to the inverse relaxation time
of the non-Newtonian fluid, surface waves
respond harmonically instead of
being subharmonic as
is usually the case in Newtonian fluids.
This prediction has been made
on the basis of the Maxwell model for viscoelastic fluids, but the
result is robust and has been confirmed by using
the empiric viscosity spectrum for a
mixture of 
polyisobutylene in primol.
The parameter range
is determined, where harmonic surface waves are favored.
PACS: 47.20.-k – Hydrodynamics stability / 47.54.+r – Pattern selection; pattern formation / 83.50.Fc – Linear viscoelasticity
© EDP Sciences, 1999
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