The commonplace phenomenon of liquid drops falling from a surface is—perhaps surprisingly—not yet fully understood by ...

Researchers discovered that ink in a soap-and-milk experiment follows the path of least resistance due to surface tension ...

Fluid dynamics is the study of the motion of liquids, gases and plasmas. Flow is dependent on the intrinsic properties of the matter itself, such as compressibility, viscosity and density.

Physics is the search for and application of rules that can help us understand and predict the world around us. Central to physics are ideas such as energy, mass, particles and waves. Physics ...

“These are but a very few examples which show: fluid dynamics governs the world and the universe. And since the mathematics of this field theory are still not understood in detail, and reactions or ...

Computational methods are routinely used to solve fluid flow problems in academia and industry, alike. At Northwestern, cutting-edge and novel Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) techniques are ...

For phenomena like volcanic eruptions, where the shape and appearance of the smoke plume are determined by complex fluid dynamics, these physics-based techniques are essential for generating ...

What do large crowds of people and water have in common? They both act like fluids. When crowds cheer, sway and clump ...

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Laboratories for Computational Physics and Fluid Dynamics Aerospace Engineer Brian T. Bojko, Ph.D., receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers ...