Minimal surfaces

Experiment no.: 9.3.8
Minimalflächen
Various wire mesh structures are dipped into soapy water. After withdrawing the mesh from the liquid, the surface tension causes the formation of minimal surfaces that correspond to a state of minimum energy of the system.

📄 Detailed experiment description

Images for this experiment

Set-up
Handling 1
Handling 2
Prism
Saddle
Chair
Tetrahedron
Spiral
Cube
Octahedron
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Cooling tower

Documents for this experiment

Force on soap film