Another example is water drops on very hot surfaces. A hot skillet with both
grease and water .. plasma physics ??
Richard
Airdrag was involved or not? The shape is also oscillating between convex and
concave triangle.
I also think the diamagnetic and gravitational forces can cause crazy things.
Remember that water is a very weak plasma and the very strong magnetic field
can cause electromagnetic effects in the water.
I doesn't look like a well known physical condition to me.
If you play the game I-Fluid you often notice a triangular shape of the drop
when it is moving over matter. I don't know if it is a physical effect or a
design decision. Games are a mixture but the physics simulation in them are
often very impressive and continually getting better and what we need are
pictures and not figures (numbers) so I think physics learning can come from
games..
David
On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 12:59 AM, Harry Veeder <hvee...@ncf.ca> wrote:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026865.400
"They found that once a droplet with a diameter of 1 centimetre
reached about 3 revolutions per second, its shape, when viewed from
above, became triangular, an effect never seen before in the lab "
