Urine Science: What Peeing Elephants Teach About Fluid Dynamics

Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 18:30 in Physics & Chemistry

Anyone who has watched water exit a toilet bowl has learned something about fluid dynamics. But you can learn a thing or two by watching the pee that goes into it also. Boring physicists apply the equations of fluid motion to boring thing like a flag in the wind or river currents, the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD) meeting in Pittsburgh will make things a little more practical for home research. read more

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