Posts tagged fluid dynamics
Posts tagged fluid dynamics
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“high-speed liquid photographs” by heinz maier
Three impinging jets of silicone oil rebound without coalescence due to thin-film lubrication between the jets. The motion of the oil replenishes the thin layer of air separating the streams. The same phenomenon keeps droplets from coalescing as well. (Photo credit: BIF Lab, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Tech) #
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The Kaye Effect
Leaping Shampoo
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Winds blowing cloud cover over Alaska’s Aleutian Islands create von Kármán vortex streets.
The Weird and Beautiful World of Fluid Dynamics - “Fluids and gases can move in strange and mysterious ways that aren’t always apparent to our unaided eyes. It’s only with the use of tracers or dyes, photographic techniques and a bit of luck, that we can capture fluid dynamics in action.
Here are some of the weird and beautiful ways in which fluids flow.”
via Wired.
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Viscosity: It’s cool as hell.