published by
the Experimental Nonlinear Physics Group, Dept. of Physics
This website, from the University of Toronto, provides a discussion of the instability that gives rise to ripples on the surface of icicles. A description of this instability is followed by multiple videos of icicles forming under a variety of conditions. Comparisons are made to ripples on stalactites and the movements of the ripples are also presented.
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![]() <a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=6373">University of Toronto: Experimental Nonlinear Physics Group. Ripples on Icicles. Toronto: University of Toronto: Experimental Nonlinear Physics Group.</a>
![]() (University of Toronto: Experimental Nonlinear Physics Group, Toronto), WWW Document, (http://web.archive.org/web/20120305200943/http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~smorris/edl/icicleripples/icicleripples.html).
![]() Ripples on Icicles (University of Toronto: Experimental Nonlinear Physics Group, Toronto), <http://web.archive.org/web/20120305200943/http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~smorris/edl/icicleripples/icicleripples.html>.
![]() Ripples on Icicles. (n.d.). Retrieved May 2, 2025, from University of Toronto: Experimental Nonlinear Physics Group: http://web.archive.org/web/20120305200943/http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~smorris/edl/icicleripples/icicleripples.html
![]() University of Toronto: Experimental Nonlinear Physics Group. Ripples on Icicles. Toronto: University of Toronto: Experimental Nonlinear Physics Group. http://web.archive.org/web/20120305200943/http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~smorris/edl/icicleripples/icicleripples.html (accessed 2 May 2025).
![]() Ripples on Icicles. Toronto: University of Toronto: Experimental Nonlinear Physics Group. 2 May 2025 <http://web.archive.org/web/20120305200943/http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~smorris/edl/icicleripples/icicleripples.html>.
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Volume = {2025},
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