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 […]
The Drop That’s Good to the Very End
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 17, 2017 — Even in ancient Greece, philosopher Aristotle tried to sum up all the ways that water can behave. Now, about 2,400 years […]
Soft and Spherical: Researchers Study Dynamics of Drop Impact
WASHINGTON D.C., August 15, 2017 — For the most part, fluid dynamics researchers have focused efforts to understand the details of impacting drops on flat rigid surfaces; the […]