Abstract
The stability of an oscillating interface between two immiscible low-viscosity fluids of different densities in a vertical flat channel with a harmonic change in the liquid flow rate is studied experimentally. The limiting case of high dimensionless oscillation frequencies when the layer width exceeds the thickness of the Stokes layer is considered. It is found that a standing wave with a length significantly exceeding the gap width develops on the oscillating interface upon reaching a critical amplitude. It is shown that the discovered oscillations are gravity-capillary waves similar to Faraday ripples oscillating with the frequency of the driving force. The wavelength is determined by the interface oscillation frequency and the gravity acceleration and agrees well with the wavelength of gravity-capillary oscillations of the interface. A description of a new phenomenon is given.
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