Watch: How does stone skipping work?
9 April 2019
Last update: 10/04/19 16:22
By bouncing elastic spheres across the surface of Bear Lake in Utah, researchers have discovered the physics behind stone skipping. The mechanism of ‘water walking’ occurs when a deformed sphere rotates continuously across the surface of the water giving the appearance that the sphere is literally walking on water.
Interview with Jesse Belden from the Naval Undersea Warfare Centre and Randy Hurd at Utah State University.
Every year the Gallery of Fluid Motion video contest features the newest and most beautiful research in fluid dynamics. Watch all of the Gallery of Fluid Motion videos here.
This video is part of a collaboration between FYFD and the Journal of Fluid Mechanics featuring a series of interviews with researchers from the APS DFD 2017 conference.
Sponsored by FYFD, the Journal of Fluid Mechanics, and the UK Fluids Network. Produced by Tom Crawford and Nicole Sharp with assistance from A.J. Fillo.
For more maths related fun check out Tom’s website.
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Watched the video – cool stuff – I agree I wish I could do that for a job every day too!