Acoustic Measurement of Surface Wave Damping by a Meniscus

Guillaume Michel, François Pétrélis, and Stéphan Fauve
Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 174301 – Published 27 April 2016

Abstract

We investigate the reflection of gravity-capillary surface waves by a plane vertical barrier. The size of the meniscus is found to strongly affect reflection: the energy of the reflected wave with a pinned contact line is around twice the one corresponding to a fully developed meniscus. To perform these measurements, a new experimental setup similar to an acousto-optic modulator is developed and offers a simple way to measure the amplitude, frequency and direction of propagation of surface waves.

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  • Received 16 December 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.174301

© 2016 American Physical Society

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General Physics

Authors & Affiliations

Guillaume Michel*, François Pétrélis, and Stéphan Fauve

  • Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, École Normale Supérieure, CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Université Paris Diderot, 75005 Paris, France

  • *guillaume.michel@ens.fr

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Vol. 116, Iss. 17 — 29 April 2016

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