Here’s a fun activity you can do while you #StayHome: build a self-starting siphon. Michael from VSauce explains how in this video. Moving fluids from one location to another is Keep reading
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The Pythagorean Cup
According to legend, Pythagoras invented a cup to prevent his students from drinking too greedily. If they overfilled the cup, it would immediately drain out all the fluid. The trick 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-Siphoning Stream of Beads
Pull a bit of a long chain out of a container, and you’ll quickly find the beads take on a life of their own, siphoning out of the jar while Keep reading
Fano Flow
Adding polymers to fluids can lead to strangely counter-intuitive behavior. Here two examples of bizarre extensional flow, sometimes called Fano flow, are shown. First, in the “tubeless siphon” fluid is drawn Keep reading