On the shape of a lightweight drop on a horizontal plane
arXiv:1303.1894 · doi:10.1088/0031-8949/85/04/045401
Abstract
The shape of drop on a flat horizontal plane is obtained by including the first order of correction by the weight. The sphere solution of the weightless drop is used to introduce a new polar coordinate by which the perturbative expression for a region of a drop can be extended analytically to the entire surface of a drop having both the concave and the convex parts. Comparison with experimental data are presented.
13 pages, 4 figs