When all the forces are balanced , the resulting equation is known as the Young -- Laplace equation : The quantity in parentheses on the right hand side is in fact ( twice ) the mean curvature of the surface ( depending on normalisation ) .
When all the forces are balanced , the resulting equation is known as the Young -- Laplace equation : The quantity in parentheses on the right hand side is in fact ( twice ) the mean curvature of the surface ( depending on normalization ) .