Abstract: The complex hydrodynamics of water entry by a spinning sphere are investigated experimentally for low Froude numbers. Standard billiard balls are shot down at the free surface with controlled spin around one horizontal axis. High-speed digital video sequences reveal unique hydrodynamic phenomena which vary with spin rate and impact velocity. As [...]

Abstract: Not Available Citation and Link: Aristoff, J.M., Truscott, T.T., Techet, A.H. & Bush, J.W.M., The Water-entry cavity formed by low bond number impacts. Physics of Fluids 20, 091111, DOI:10.1063/1.2973662, September 2008.

Abstract: Not Available Citation and Link: Truscott, T.T. & Techet, A.H., Cavity formation in the wake of a spinning sphere impacting the free surface. Physics of Fluids 18, 091113, DOI: 10.1063/1.2335903, September 2006.