Mahadevan, L., Ryu, W.S. & Samuel, A.D.T. Fluid ‘rope trick’ investigated .
Nature 392, 140, (1998).
Publisher's VersionAbstractBuckling instabilities can arise from competition between axial compression and bending in slender objects. These are not restricted to solids, but also occur with fluids with free surfaces
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6. Here we consider a classic demonstration of fluid buckling
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