Squeeze a bottle of cleaning spray, and the nozzle transforms a liquid jet into a spray of droplets. These droplets come in many sizes, and predicting them is difficult because Keep reading
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“Spitting Out Water Babies”
When Tomasz Wilk settled to camp one evening on the banks of a Polish river, he didn’t expect to find fountains in the shallows. Though reminiscent of an archer fish’s Keep reading
Breaking Up Drops
Lots of applications – from rocket engines to ink jet printing – require breaking large droplets into smaller ones, so there are many methods to do this. Some techniques rely Keep reading
Reader Question: Shower Curtains
Reader thansy asks: Why do the bottoms of shower curtains drift in toward the water coming from the shower head? We all know that moment. You’re minding your own business, Keep reading
The Fluidic Oscillator
A fluidic oscillator is a device with no moving parts that sprays a fluid from side to side. The animations above illustrate how they work. A nozzle funnels a fluid Keep reading
Water Spray from a Tire
The spray thrown up by a rolling tire is simulated in the lab by running a single-grooved tire (top) against a smooth tire (bottom) that simulates the road. A supply Keep reading