When a drop or object hits water, a narrow high-speed jet can shoot upward: the Worthington jet. This study reveals universal scaling laws that govern how these jets form and evolve across different impact conditions.

🔗 https://journals.aps.org/prfluids/abstract/10.1103/2vdb-tqj6

#FluidDynamics #DropImpact #WorthingtonJet #Physics #InterfacialFlows

Day 2 #LeidenForce Winter School

Lecture by Detlef Lohse @utwente on the dynamics of drops and Leidenfrost drops, highlighting the richness and complexity of droplet impacts.

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#LeidenfrostEffect #FluidDynamics #DropImpact #Research

Some unbeleafable high-speed camera action in this study! 📹 💧🍃

'Drop impact dynamics on the hydrophobic leaf surface of an aquatic plant: a case study of Pistia stratiotes'

https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erad203

#DropImpact #LeafSurface #Leaves #Splash #Wettability