Pressing Non-Newtonian Fluids
For many fluids, the relationship between force and deformation is not simple. The catch-all name for these materials is non-Newtonian fluids. In a recent episode, the Hydraulic Press Channel did Keep reading
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DIY Non-Newtonian Fluids
[original media no longer available] We’ve featured the non-Newtonian fluid oobleck here before, but it bears repeating as a fun and easy exercise for anyone to do at home or Keep reading
Non-Newtonian Fluids
[original media no longer available] Non-Newtonian fluids have even made it into pop culture. #
Aging Fluids
If you’ve ever left a sealed container of Playdoh untouched for months, you know that there’s a big difference between the fresh stuff and what’s left in that can. Aging Keep reading
Non-Newtonian Splashes
What happens when a stream of liquid falls through a screen? As the above video shows, water creates a beautiful flower-like burst of fluid when it hits a screen. Adding Keep reading
Fluids Round-up
Here’s to another fluids round-up, our look at some of the interesting fluids-related stories around the web: – Above is a music video by Roman Hill that relies on mixing and Keep reading
Self-Pouring Fluids
Non-Newtonian fluids are capable of all kinds of counter-intuitive behaviors. The animations above demonstrate one of them: the tubeless or open siphon. Once the effect is triggered by removing some Keep reading
Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Vortices
Not all vortex rings are created equal. Despite identical generation mechanisms and Reynolds numbers, the two vortex rings shown above behave very differently. The donut-shaped one, on the top left Keep reading
Fluids Round-up – 11 January 2014
It’s a big fluids round-up today, so let’s get right to it. Over at txchnologist, there’s a great article on controlling combustion instabilities in rocket engines with sound. Quanta Magazine Keep reading
Fluids Round-up – 7 December 2013
Fluids round-up time! I missed out last weekend because of the holidays, so this is a long list of links. There’s a lot of really great stuff here, including some Keep reading