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Home   |   Meetings & Events   |   March Meeting   |   Virtual Press Rooms   |   2012   |   Video Gallery   |   Elastic Instability

Elastic Instability

Scientists have found that air bubbles cause different types of instability when liquids are pressed between two plates. Certain types of liquids form complex patterns that eventually fracture as seen in this video.  

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Gray arrow  From fingering to fracture in a complex fluid

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