shell form spreads and changes into wave forms

good to meet this one last week!

gold and aqua moving outward

tracks and trails forming quickly

boston, massachusetts

may 1958

water rocket

grown men having fun with a water rocket and fluid dynamics. part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf

© the Nick DeWolf Foundation

Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com

Width of the scene is about three feet (90 cm).

2017 NSF CAREER: Three-Dimensional Unsteady Flow Interactions in Flocks and Schools

Keith Moored has specific interests in unsteady fluid mechanics, biological flying and swimming, vortex dynamics, fluid instability, multiple-body fluid interactions/boundary interactions, cell motility, active structures, tensegrity structures and cellular mechanics. He also has related interests in marine hydrokinetic and wind turbines. The approaches Moored uses are a combined program of theory, computations and experiments.

Moored's project focuses on extending our knowledge of the fluid dynamic interactions that occur in animal collectives: flocks, schools and swarms. The overarching research goal of the program is to understand the flow mechanisms that occur among unsteady, three-dimensional interacting bodies in complex arrangements. This will help scientists determine the sensitivity of biological networks in relation to overfishing, loss of habitat and the climate change.

fast, intricate, complex, red flow

(re-oriented, re-titled image - better like this)

Down - Milk & food dye, dropping down into water

where do the lines of force take us?

pondering the universe.

Part of West Bar, seen from Trinidad. The little peninsula is where I camped when I visited the bar. Shot in 2006 during a bus tour of Ice Age Flood features.

Using a wiffle ball to model a ribbon drogue (parachute) in a water channel.

flowing out amongst the stars

.. developing inside

white form envelops pink space

new systems of existence

jelly-textured blue-green organism gets it together

complexity within complexity within the landscape; the more we look, the more we see

not yet fully grown

Using a wiffle ball to model a ribbon drogue (parachute) in a water channel.

Using a wiffle ball to model a ribbon drogue (parachute) in a water channel.

Using a wiffle ball to model a ribbon drogue (parachute) in a water channel.

amazing what you find.

Using a wiffle ball to model a ribbon drogue (parachute) in a water channel.

defining the paths, then following them

Aerodynamics of an ice cream truck.

nature sculpting liquid

In this image, ink and paint are moving out fast, the gold paint forming a thin, shimmering film on the water's surface. An entry for the New Scientist Calendar 2009 Competition.

Using a wiffle ball to model a ribbon drogue (parachute) in a water channel.

Using a wiffle ball to model a ribbon drogue (parachute) in a water channel.

We conducted some convection experiments at the Department of Physics, University of Torino. The main aim is to investigate the brine rejection process during sea ice freezing. This is a small tank for tests and we also make some movies with it.

The sinking water (blue) has density 1.028 g/cm^3; the top layer (clear) 1.027 g/cm^3; the bottom layer (yellow) 1.030 g/cm^3. The brown water indicates mixing between the blue and light water.

Using a wiffle ball to model a ribbon drogue (parachute) in a water channel.

... light, colour, time ...

Droplet Lemmings

fast and loose

Using a wiffle ball to model a ribbon drogue (parachute) in a water channel.

Using a wiffle ball to model a ribbon drogue (parachute) in a water channel.

the second view showing more detail