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When a stream of water falls perfectly vertical, some water hitting the surface will disperse horizontally. What is the force that causes this? References would be awesome!
How does a the vertical force of gravity end in horizontal motion?
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Radial pressure difference.Boltzmann Oscillation said:
To help you see why the reply by @A.T. is correct, you can picture two squishy rubber balls, dropped side-by-side touching each other. When they impact the ground at the same time, they both deform during the bounce and bulge outward on the sides. This causes the two balls to push on each other during the bounce, causing them to bounce apart instead of straight back up.Boltzmann Oscillation said:
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Wow that really helped me understand the concept. Now when I searched for radial pressure, I only found engineering topics. Is radial pressure not encountered in a physics curriculum? How would this apply to water? Do the individual atoms bounce apart from each other too?berkeman said:To help you see why the reply by @A.T. is correct, you can picture two squishy rubber balls, dropped side-by-side touching each other. When they impact the ground at the same time, they both deform during the bounce and bulge outward on the sides. This causes the two balls to push on each other during the bounce, causing them to bounce apart instead of straight back up.
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On the atomic level that's what happens. On the macroscopic level we use the concept of pressure which is the average result of all this bouncing.Boltzmann Oscillation said:
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A.T. said:
I would prefer to express it as
In other words, among others, It is the boundary conditions that determine the movement of the droplet, or of the parts of it.
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The OP asks about a stream of water, not a droplet. The question is, as far I can see, about the initial horizontal acceleration of the water, not about droplet formation.miltos said:
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Ohhh, i didn't noticed that.
I any case, it is just a variant of the same question.
I any case, it is just a variant of the same question.