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Fluid Dynamics Simulation Reveals the Underlying Physics of Liquid Jet Cleaning

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 29, 2019 — Semiconductor manufacturing and many other industrial operations involve cleaning processes, and from environmental and health perspectives, it’s become highly desirable to […]

Researchers Challenge Our Assumptions on the Effects of Planetary Rotation

WASHINGTON, D.C., September 28, 2018 — The earth’s rotation causes the Coriolis effect, which deflects massive air and water flows toward the right in the Northern Hemisphere […]

A Penetrable Fabric, Like Toilet Paper, Affects a Projectile’s Big Splash

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 14, 2018 — Experts in fluid dynamics and kids jumping into a pool both know that an object falling into a liquid makes a […]

Spraying Efficiently: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 3, 2018 — Atomizing liquids is vital to fuel-air mixing. Using oscillating liquid streams, breakup and drop formation can be improved compared to common […]

The Vessel Not Taken: Understanding Disproportionate Blood Flow

Each time a blood vessel splits into smaller vessels, red blood cells (RBCs) are presented with the same decision: Take the left capillary or the right. While […]

The View from Inside Supersonic Combustion

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 15, 2018 — In a jet engine, the flow of air is slowed down to increase the temperature and pressure for combustion — burning […]

Shaken, and Stirred: Scaling Up Bioreactors’ Fluid Dynamics

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 13, 2018 — Bioreactors are widely used to produce different therapeutics in the biopharmaceutical and regenerative medicine industries. Drug development relies on small multi-well […]

Sequential Model Chips Away at Mysteries of Aircraft Ice

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 6, 2018 — Ice accumulation on aircraft wings is a common contributing factor to airplane accidents. Most existing models focus on either ice that […]

Pseudopod Protrusions Propel Amoeboid Cells Forward: A 3-D Swimming Model

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 31, 2017 — Rhythmic patterns and precise motions — these are key elements of proper swimming. Olympians demonstrate repeated patterns of breathing, with synchronized […]