One of the peculiar characteristics of viscous, laminar flows is that they are reversible. Squirt dye into glycerin, stir it one way, then the opposite direction, and the dye returns Keep reading
Tag: kinematic reversibility
Fluids Round-up – 13 October 2013
There were so many good fluids links this week that I decided for an off-week fluids round-up. Here we go! Jefferson Lab has a cool demo on how to make a cloud Keep reading
Swimming in Corn Syrup
Highly viscous laminar flows exhibit kinematic reversibility, meaning: if you move the fluid one direction and then execute the same motion in the opposite direction, every fluid particle will return Keep reading