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Splashing on Curves

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For a given drop size and velocity, it's harder for drops to splash on smaller spheres. Here a drop simply slides along a 2mm sphere.

Against a 20mm sphere, the droplet splashes.

The drop also splashes on a flat surface.

←Double Diffusive Flow

Mitch Dobrowner Photography→

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