Abstract: When a hard-boiled egg spins through a pool of milk on the kitchen counter, the milk rises up the sides of the egg and droplets are ejected. This phenomenon occurs when any partially submerged object whose radius increases upward from the fluid surface (e.g., spheres, inverted cones, and rings) spins in [...]
Abstract: A highly deformable elastic sphere may bounce poorly on land, but it will skip spectacularly on water. Citation and Link: Truscott, T.T., Belden, J. & Hurd, R., “Water-skipping stones and spheres.” Physics Today, 67, 12, 70, DOI: 10.1063/PT.3.2631, December 2014.
Abstract: We present the results of 3D velocity mea- surements of the flow fields around a free-flying painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) and a tethered mechanical flapper using Synthetic Aperture PIV (SAPIV). The velocity fields presented for the free-flying butterfly have limited spatial resolution; however, leading edge vortices (LEV) and trailing edge [...]
Abstract: Not available. Citation and Link: Daily, J., Pendlebury, J., Langley, K., Hurd, R., Thomson, S. & Truscott, T., “Catastrophic cracking courtesy of quiescent cavitation”, Physics of Fluids, 26, 091107, DOI: 10.1063/1.4894073, September 2014.
Abstract: We present a study of the forces, velocities, and trajectories of slender (length/diameter = 10) axisymmetric projectiles using an embedded inertial measurement unit (IMU). Three nose shapes (cone, ogive, and flat) were used. Projectiles were tested at vertical and oblique impact angles with different surface treatments. The trajectory of a half-hydrophobic [...]
Abstract: The aims of this paper are to demonstrate that ice can be used as a suitable impactor to excite the acoustic modes in concrete associated with delaminations and to compare ice sphere impacts with traditional steel ball impacts. Simultaneous acoustic recordings and high-speed photography of representative low-velocity impacts with parametric analysis [...]
Abstract: The free-surface impact of solid objects has been investigated for well over a century. This canonical problem is influenced by many physical parameters, including projectile geometry, material properties, fluid properties, and impact parameters. Through advances in high-speed imaging and visualization techniques, discoveries about the underlying physics have improved our understanding of [...]
Abstract: Not available. Citation and Link: Bodily, K., Langley, K., Huey, J. & Truscott, T.T., “A new angle on water entry.” Physics of Fluids, 25, Iss. 9, DOI: 10.1063/1.4820125, September 2013.
Abstract: A cavitation cloud forms when a high-pressure water jet is submerged in a tank of quiescent water. The water jet is formed as high-pressure nitrogen forces a fixed-volume column of water through a nozzle. The diameter and exit velocity of the water jet affect the behavior and geometry of the resulting [...]
Abstract: In the field of fluid mechanics, the resolution of computational schemes has outpaced experimental methods and widened the gap between predicted and observed phenomena in fluid flows. Thus, a need exists for an accessible method capable of resolving three-dimensional (3D) data sets for a range of problems. We present a novel [...]