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Cheerios effect: a standalone construct

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Fluid dynamics

the tendency of small floating objects to cluster or to gather at container walls because of interactions through the deformed liquid surface.

In fluid dynamics, Cheerios effect refers to the tendency of small floating objects to cluster or to gather at container walls because of interactions through the deformed liquid surface. This meaning comes from Vella (2005) in American Journal of Physics.[1]

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References

Vella, D., & Mahadevan, L. (2005). The “Cheerios effect”. American Journal of Physics, 73(9), 817-825. https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1898523

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