09 July 2012

Schlieren photography of a snapped wet towel


A video from the Gas Dynamics Laboratory at my father's alma mater (Penn State) uses schlieren photography to document that a snapped wet towel in the shower room goes supersonic, generating a shock wave.

Via Fuck Yeah, Fluid Dynamics.

3 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 9, 2012 at 8:14 PM

    I always thought the snapping sound of the towel - wet or dry - WAS the breaking of the sound barrier...

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  2. Michael TJuly 10, 2012 at 4:42 PM

    Penn State and Showers should not be used togeather at this Time!

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    1. Michael T.July 10, 2012 at 4:51 PM

      especially concerning a shockwave!

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