Pointy ice-drops: How water freezes into a singular shape

Jacobus Hendrikus Snoeijer; P. Brunet

doi:10.1119/1.4726201

Pointy ice-drops: How water freezes into a singular shape

Jacobus Hendrikus Snoeijer, P. Brunet

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Abstract

A water drop that is gently deposited on a very cold surface freezes into a pointy ice-drop with a very sharp tip. The formation of this singular shape originates from the reduction of mass density during the freezing process and can be explained using a simplified model for which the universal structure of the singularity is revealed in full detail. The combination of a relatively simple, static experiment, and the accessible asymptotic analysis makes this system an ideal introduction to the topic of singularities

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	764-771
Journal	American journal of physics
Volume	80
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4726201
Publication status	Published - 2012

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