Fluid instabilities and wakes in a soap-film tunnel
- Center for Nonlinear Studies and Condensed Matter and Thermal Physics Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
We present a compact, low-budget two-dimensional hydrodynamic flow visualization system based on a tilted, gravity-driven soap film tunnel. This system is suitable for demonstrations and studies of a variety of fluid mechanics problems, including turbulent wakes past bluff bodies and lifting surfaces, Kelvin{endash}Helmholtz instability, and grid turbulence. {copyright} {ital 1999 American Association of Physics Teachers.}
- OSTI ID:
- 336596
- Journal Information:
- American Journal of Physics, Journal Name: American Journal of Physics Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 67; ISSN 0002-9505; ISSN AJPIAS
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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