Fluid Mechanics - California Institute of Technology

Fluid Mechanics:!Studying the invisible ocean around us!

1.https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heard_Island_Karman_vortex_street.jpg 2.https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37610334 3.https://makezine.com/projects/rheoscopic-coffee-table/ 4.http://www.flowvis.org/2016/09/15/two-circular-vortex-rings-propagate-in-air-seeded-by-smoke/ 5.https://www.howitworksdaily.com/how-vortex-rings-form/ 6.https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46561 7.http://www.flowvis.org/2013/05/09/total-internal-reflection-in-a-water-stream-traps-three-lasers/

Make your own rheoscopic fluid!!(instructables.com)

We can see what’s going on if we make the fluid visible

Vortex rings push themselves forward,!and can be used for propulsion and fun

Light can reflect inside a liquid as it does inside a fiber optic cable

McKeon Group!Graduate Aerospace Laboratories

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