Liquid Droplet Oscillations

These models provide simulations of nonlinear oscillatory response of both free and attached (pendant) droplets.

Free Droplet Oscillations

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Pendant Droplet Oscillations

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Initial Velocity Potential Distribution

This simulation presumes that the droplet is initially spherical with some nonzero velocity distribution.

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