Date: Wed Oct 15 08:49:26 2008
Author: Zani, Gerald
Subject: Re: vibrating soap bubbles
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Dick,
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Wolf is right. It is in the Skylab Physics Laser disc.
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I Googled "video weightless water drops" and this is one of the many
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http://www.freesciencelectures.com/video/waves-bubbles-and-reactions-in-
a-free-sphere-of-water/=20
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also, there is some nice stuff in Wiki, Spherical Harmonics:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_harmonics=20
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Is this helpful? - J
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From: tap-l-owner@lists.ncsu.edu [mailto:tap-l-owner@lists.ncsu.edu] On
Behalf Of Wolfgang Rueckner
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:09 AM
To: tap-l@lists.ncsu.edu
Subject: Re: [tap-l] vibrating soap bubbles
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I believe there was a film of what you're describing from the old =20
SkyLab. Rather than soap film, it was a sphere of water which did =20
all the things you describe. -- Wolfgang
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On Oct 14, 2008, at 8:23 PM, Richard Berg wrote:
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> Folks,
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> There is a very old film loop showing vibrations of soap bubbles =20
> that shows the bubble vibrating back and forth between oblate and =20
> prolate shapes; also being given energy so that it vibrates and =20
> then breaks up into two or more smaller bubbles. I want to use =20
> this as an example of how large nuclei may vibrate and then break =20
> up during the fission process.
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> Does anyone know of a video of this sort of thing, or perhaps a =20
> computer animation showing this type of vibration?
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> Thanks,
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> Dick
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> Dr. Richard E. Berg, Professor of the Practice
> Director, Physics Lecture-Demonstration Facility
> U.S. mail address:
> Department of Physics
> University of Maryland
> College Park, MD 20742-4111
> Phone: (301) 405-5994
> FAX: (301) 314-9525
> e-mail reberg@umd.edu
> www.physics.umd.edu/lecdem
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Dick,
Wolf is right. It is in the Skylab Physics =
Laser disc.
I Googled "video weightless water =
drops" and
this is one of the many hits:
http://www.freesciencelectures.com/video/=
waves-bubbles-and-reactions-in-a-free-sphere-of-water/
also, there is some nice stuff in Wiki, =
Spherical
Harmonics:
http://en.wikip=
edia.org/wiki/Spherical_harmonics
Is this helpful? - J
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p; =
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-----Original Message-----
From: tap-l-owner@lists.ncsu.edu [mailto:tap-l-owner@lists.ncsu.edu] On =
Behalf
Of Wolfgang Rueckner
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:09 AM
To: tap-l@lists.ncsu.edu
Subject: Re: [tap-l] vibrating soap bubbles
I believe there was a film of what you're =
describing from
the old
SkyLab. Rather than soap film, it was a =
sphere of water
which did
all the things you describe. -- =
Wolfgang
On Oct 14, 2008, at 8:23 PM, Richard Berg =
wrote:
> Folks,
>
> There is a very old film loop showing =
vibrations of
soap bubbles
> that shows the bubble vibrating back and =
forth
between oblate and
> prolate shapes; also being given energy so =
that it
vibrates and
> then breaks up into two or more smaller =
bubbles. I
want to use
> this as an example of how large nuclei may =
vibrate
and then break
> up during the fission =
process.
>
> Does anyone know of a video of this sort of =
thing,
or perhaps a
> computer animation showing this type of =
vibration?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dick
>
********************************************************************** =
> *
> Dr. Richard E. Berg, Professor of the =
Practice
> Director, Physics Lecture-Demonstration =
Facility
> U.S. mail address:
> Department of Physics
> University of Maryland
> College Park, MD 20742-4111
> Phone: (301) 405-5994
> FAX: (301) =
314-9525
> e-mail reberg@umd.edu
> www.physics.umd.edu/lecdem
>
********************************************************************** =
> *
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