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Propagation of Stress Pulses across the Interface between Two Immiscible Liquids
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Propagation of Stress Pulses across the Interface between Two Immiscible Liquids

  • D. H. TREVENA1 

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PREVIOUS experiments have been described by me and others1,2 in which pulses of compression and of tension have been propagated through a liquid column. This communication reports some experiments in which stress pulses were propagated across the plane boundary between two liquids which do not mix.

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TREVENA, D. Propagation of Stress Pulses across the Interface between Two Immiscible Liquids. Nature 209, 289 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/209289a0

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