Fig. 3.

Stretch $\lambda =h/h_0$ as a function of the dimensionless gravity $\alpha =\rho g_{\mathrm{e}\mathrm{ff}}{h}_0/G$ with $g_{\mathrm{e}\mathrm{ff}}=R\left({\mathrm{\Omega }}_2^2-{\mathrm{\Omega }}_1^2\right)$ the acceleration jump. Markers represent individual PDMS droplets from three experiments whose parameters are shown in the key, and experimental uncertainties are shown as error bars. The color codes the initial droplet dimensionless height $h_0/{\ell }_c$ which defines its shape as shown in Inset. (Scale bar, ${\ell }_c$.) Colored solid curves are the results of FEM simulations, the black dashed curve is our analytical model (Eq. 3), and the dotted line is a second-order expansion of the model.