Researchers find viscoelastic fluids form wings when shot out of a jet at close range
Monday, November 10, 2014 - 10:30
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org) —A trio of researches with Université Paris Diderot has found that viscoelastic fluids spontaneously form wings which in turn cause the formation of geometric shapes when the fluid is shot out of a jet at high speed. In their paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters, Henri Lhuissier, Baptiste Néel and Laurent Limat describe the attributes of the fluids as they were tested and observed in their lab.