Why does a flexible shower pipe thrash around when water flows through it?

Manish Sharma · Feb 6, 2017

While taking shower, I turned on the shower tap accidentally when the shower head was resting on the floor. The flexible pipe thrashed around like a berserk snake. Explain this behavior

DrClaude · Feb 6, 2017

This is known as the firehose instability.

See for instance https://books.google.com/books?id=9...=firehose instability -plasma -galaxy&f=false

DrClaude · Feb 6, 2017

Why does a flexible shower pipe thrash around when water flows through it?

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Why does a flexible shower pipe thrash around when water flows through it?

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