Volcanic eruptions produce some of the largest flows on Earth. These towering ash clouds were imaged from orbit in May 2017 as an eruption began on Alaska’s Bogoslof Island. The Keep reading
Month: December 2019
Microfluidic Chips in Action
Earlier this year, The Lutetium Project explored how microfluidic circuits are made, and now they are back with the conclusion of their microfluidic adventures. This video explores how microfluidic chips Keep reading
Resisting Coalescence
When a droplet falls on a pool, we expect it to coalesce. There are exceptions, like bouncing droplets, but in general a droplet only sticks around for a split second Keep reading
Liquid Sculptures
With patience and timing, one can create remarkable sculptures with fluids. To capture this shot, Moussi Ouissem used two droplets, perfectly timed. The first fell through the soap bubble (which Keep reading
Stopping a Bounce
One way to damp a bouncing ball is to partially fill it with a fluid (a) or granular material (b). For the fluid, the initial impact sloshes the liquid. That doesn’t change Keep reading
Plate Tectonics
We don’t typically think of the ground beneath our feet as anything but solid, but over geologically long time scales, even mountains can flow. Buoyant convection inside the Earth’s mantle Keep reading
“Monsoon IV”
It’s a cliché to claim that the sky is bigger in the American West, but the wide, open views in that region do offer a very different perspective on weather. Keep reading
Revealing Stress
What goes on inside of a granular material like sand when an object moves through it? Individual grains will shift and may impact one another or simply slide past. Researchers Keep reading
Blowing Bubbles in Space
Blowing bubbles in your fruit juice is a bad idea when you’re in space, as astronaut Jack Fischer demonstrates. On Earth, gravity dominates water’s behavior, except when things are very Keep reading
APS DFD 2017
This year’s American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics meeting starts this Sunday. I have a couple events scheduled: – Student Lunch, Monday, November 20, 12:55-13:45 (sold out) – FYFD: Keep reading