Recent content by wessholders

I just took a video and am trying to figure out how to post it, but it does look to be relatively collimated. I am a biologist so not super versed with the vocabulary, but it appears smooth/laminar.

Here is a short video demonstrating what I am talking about.

Thank you hutchphd, While I wish that I could give you that information, I just don't have it. What made me start thinking about this is a pool toy I saw the other day that is essentially a cone with two handles on the wide end. The wide end is to be submerged and quickly pulled, resulting in a...

This is for a project I am working on, not related to school work. So far I have been looking for the optimal funnel to maximize volume and acceleration. I have determined that a "narrower/tall" funnel is better for my purposes that a "wide/short" funnel. I've done this just by playing around...

Will water flowing through a funnel be accelerated more by a "curve-walled" funnel rather than a "straight-walled" funnel?