Tag Archives: Fluid Dynamics

Loopy Pipe Network Converts AC to DC

Posted on March 19, 2021 by rberkowitz

A simple network of pipes based on the structures of a bird’s lung transforms back-and-forth flow into one-way flow. Continue reading →

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A Vortex in an Egg Cell

Posted on January 16, 2021 by rberkowitz

During a fruit-fly egg cell’s early development, its internal fluid begins to swirl in a vortex—a transition caused by the coordinated behavior of elastic filaments in the cell. Continue reading →

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Mechanically stressed phytoplankton light up

Posted on September 1, 2020 by rberkowitz

The bioluminescent intensity depends on the rate and amplitude of the micro – organism’s deformation.  Continue reading →

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Finding Flow in Granular Media

Posted on August 24, 2020 by rberkowitz

A new model can predict how packed particles move through both 2D and 3D channels. Continue reading →

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Mechanically stressed phytoplankton light up

Posted on August 13, 2020 by rberkowitz

The intensity of bioluminescence depends on the rate and amplitude of the microorganism’s deformation.  Continue reading →

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New Model Predicts Sudden Rogue Waves

Posted on April 17, 2020 by rberkowitz

Unified theory describes formation of huge, mysterious waves. Continue reading →

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The forces that burst bubbles

Posted on April 14, 2020 by rberkowitz

The energy balance between shell, liquid, and impact velocity determines when an elastic capsule will deform and break.  Continue reading →

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Tracking Forces with Sound

Posted on February 27, 2020 by rberkowitz

Acoustic emission from a ruptured liquid film reveals the forces that drive the liquid’s flow. Continue reading →

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Electrons in graphene follow viscous fluid laws

Posted on January 10, 2020 by rberkowitz

A new imaging technique captures the characteristic hydrodynamic flow profile. Continue reading →

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An odd fluid shows its inner workings

Posted on November 1, 2019 by rberkowitz

Viscous forces drive waves along a two-dimensional fluid’s free surface. Continue reading →

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