Today we have some holiday-themed fluid dynamics: visualization of flow around Santa’s sleigh! This is a flowing soap film visualization at a low speed (author Nick Moore has some other Keep reading
Tag: bluff bodies
Vortex Street Sim
This numerical simulation shows a von Karman vortex street in the wake of a bluff body. As flow moves over the object, vortices are periodically shed off the object’s upper Keep reading
Tour de France Physics: Pelotons
July is well underway and for cycling fans around the world that means it’s time for the Tour de France. This week at FYFD we’re going to do something a Keep reading