Place a rigid ball on a hard vertical surface, and it will free fall. Stick a liquid drop there, and it will slide down. But researchers discovered that with a Keep reading
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Thermal Slipping
A particle suspended in a liquid typically jitters haphazardly about as it’s struck randomly by nearby liquid molecules. But when a temperature gradient is applied to the liquid, that random Keep reading
When Shear Meets Slip
One of the classic concepts students learn early in their fluids education is the no-slip condition. In essence, this idea says that friction between a solid object — say, a Keep reading