We studied the drop formation in a dripping faucet at room temperature by the direct observation of the drop growing which was recorded with a VHS camera, from a drop rate of f=0.24 drop/s up to f≊10 drops/s, approximately, simultaneously with the measurement of the interdrops time intervals. It is shown that the appearance of satellites drops the number of them and its size depends on the drop rate. We observed that the formation of a drop can be seen as a mean elastic motion followed by a plastic motion. © 1996 The American Physical Society.

• Received 29 April 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.54.2378