Soap Films Instability

April 2015 - July 2015


I explored a strongly non-linear behavior of a soap film undergoing large-amplitude harmonic oscillations in the low frequency range. In such a film, liquid is re-distributed towards its center and the large-amplitude modes lead to the ejection of bubbles of the size of the main wave length from the film. I developed a numerical model and designed an experimental setup to characterize the phenomenon.

Contributions

Vibrating Membrane Model
Soap bubble Formation

Collaborators

Julio Quintela