ON THE GEOMETRY OF COMPOSITE BUBBLES

被引:6
作者
HERDTLE, T [1 ]
AREF, H [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO,INST GEOPHYS & PLANETARY SCI,LA JOLLA,CA 92093
来源
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES | 1991年 / 434卷 / 1891期
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10.1098/rspa.1991.0103
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Clusters of three and four soap bubbles in which all surfaces are spherical are analysed. A simple geometrical theorem pertaining to the collinearity of centres of various soap film surfaces in the three-bubble problem is restated in terms of projective configurations, and expressions for various distances and radii in this system are derived. An extension of the analysis to the four-bubble problem is explored.
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页码:441 / 447
页数:7
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