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Symmetry Breaking in Rotating Fluids by garridolopez is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document summarizes a student project investigating symmetry breaking in the free surface of rotating fluids with high Reynolds numbers. The students observed that above certain rotational rates, the free surface of water in a rotating cylinder forms non-axisymmetric shapes with elliptic, triangular, quadratic, or polygonal contours, rather than the expected circular shape. They created phase diagrams showing the different shapes that form for varying rotational frequency, water level, and fluid proper
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