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The Hidden Complexities of the Simple Match

American Physical Society
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2014 APS/DFD Milton van Dyke Award Winner Authors: Victor Miller, Stanford University Matthew Tilghman, Stanford University Ronald Hanson, Stanford University http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/APS.DFD.201... Fluid dynamics and combustion are beautiful, complex, and ubiquitous, but often times, the natural beauty of these every-day flows and flames are invisible to our eyes. By using high-speed video and schlieren imaging, we image a strike-anywhere match being lit and then blown out, visualizing the otherwise invisible, startlingly beautiful combustion and turbulent phenomena. From start to finish, the entire video took less than two seconds to film, but high-speed imaging slows down the events so we can observe them; schlieren imaging enables us to visualize the hot combustion products mixing with the cold breath, which highlights the complexity and huge range of scales in turbulence. With this video, we aim to not only entertain and wow, but to also spark curiosity and interest in combustion and fluid dynamics. See more videos in the 2014 APS/DFD Gallery of Fluid Motion http://gfm.aps.org/meetings/dfd-2014/ ...more
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The Hidden Complexities of the Simple Match
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2014Nov 25
2014 APS/DFD Milton van Dyke Award Winner Authors: Victor Miller, Stanford University Matthew Tilghman, Stanford University Ronald Hanson, Stanford University http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/APS.DFD.201... Fluid dynamics and combustion are beautiful, complex, and ubiquitous, but often times, the natural beauty of these every-day flows and flames are invisible to our eyes. By using high-speed video and schlieren imaging, we image a strike-anywhere match being lit and then blown out, visualizing the otherwise invisible, startlingly beautiful combustion and turbulent phenomena. From start to finish, the entire video took less than two seconds to film, but high-speed imaging slows down the events so we can observe them; schlieren imaging enables us to visualize the hot combustion products mixing with the cold breath, which highlights the complexity and huge range of scales in turbulence. With this video, we aim to not only entertain and wow, but to also spark curiosity and interest in combustion and fluid dynamics. See more videos in the 2014 APS/DFD Gallery of Fluid Motion http://gfm.aps.org/meetings/dfd-2014/

American Physical Society

23.6K subscribers