’Chains of liquid’ coming from a nozzle with a varying opening size. For comparison, images of actual chains of similar size and orientation are included. Image: D. T. A. Jordan et al.
'Chains of liquid' coming from a nozzle with a varying opening size. For comparison, images of actual chains of similar size and orientation are included. Image: D. T. A. Jordan et al. Pour coffee into a mug and you might notice that the liquid cascading from the jug resembles droplets linked in a chain. Such oscillating "waterfalls" crop up frequently in our daily lives, but their origin is still not fully understood. In a publication that appeared in Physical Review Fluids this week, UvA-IoP physicist Antoine Deblais and coworkers shed light on these chains of liquid.
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