Fluid Mechanics Art
Team: Kayla Blalack, Julia Bedell, Natali Chung, Preston Rossi, Anna Steffen
Visualizing fluid phenomena in beautiful ways under the guidance of Professor Roberto Zenit (Brown University).
High-Speed Droplet Photography
leaves, chlorophyll, water
gold pigment, sunflower oil, water
dish soap, food coloring, water
dish soap, food coloring, water
See Technical Work
I calculated the Reynolds number of each droplet to predict splash performance.
Vortex Ring Photography
See Technical Work
I tracked the oscillation of smoke rings produced by an elliptical opening to determine the relationships between oscillation period, exit velocity, and ellipse dimensions.
Clockwise: Vortex Oscillations, Results, Curve fitting to extract oscillation period, Video analysis