New research from the University of Warwick generates fresh insight into how a raindrop or spilt coffee splashes.
New research from the University of Warwick generates fresh insight into how a raindrop or spilt coffee splashes.
- Reason why raindrops and spilt coffee splash revealed by University of Warwick research
- New theory uncovers – for first time – what happens in space between liquid drop and surface to cause splash
- Microscopic layer of air – 50 times smaller than a human hair – trapped between liquid and surface can prevent liquid spreading on surface
- Scale comparable to a 1cm layer of air stopping a tsunami wave spreading across a beach
- Research published in top Physics & Mathematics journal
New research from the University of Warwick generates fresh insight into how a raindrop or spilt coffee splashes.
Dr James Sprittles from the Mathematics Institute has created a new theory to explain exactly what happens - in the tiny space between a drop of water and a surface - to cause a splash.
Read more at University of Warwick
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