2A15.20 Soap Film Minimal Surfaces 

2A15.20 Soap Film Minimal Surfaces

Wire frames dipped in soap film form minimal surfaces.

Models the potential between or inside an enclosure of conducting metal surfaces, found by using Laplace’s equation and the system’s boundary conditions.

For a good primer on soap solutions, click here.

A set of large wire frames for soap bubble surface studies, including a semicircle, rectangle, semicylinder, and a symmetric and asymmetric curve.

A profile view of the asymmetric curve, showing the soap film tapering from the shaped end to the stem.

A top view of the asymmetric curve, showing the soap film stretching as a smooth sheet toward the shaped end, where it takes on interesting curves as it meets the bends in the wire.

Location: J2-5