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Hydrostatic friction: why do water droplets stay at rest on an inclined glass surface?
Tjis is a non-expert question on a (seemingly simple) text-book topic.
The question is about "hydrostatic friction", defined as follows.
Consider a drop of water resting on a flat surface. If the ...
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Hanging chain in a planet's gravitational field
The curve for a chain hanging between two poles in a uniform gravitational field is known as the catenary.
Is there known an expression for the curve of a hanging chain on a planet of mass $M$ which ...
