IV3 || Will Dietz

For IV3, my team utilized the flume in the ITLL of CU Boulder to help visualize water flow over an object. View the full report here.

The normal field instability in a ferrofluid results from the concentration of the magnetic field by the fluid, restrained by surface tension.

A cloud of stage fog in a floodlight

A turbulent jet from a fog machine impinges obliquely on a wall.

A fog machine creates an unexpected ‘indoor cloud’, inspired by Berndnaut Smilde.

Vortex rings made by puffing vape through a tube, illuminated by a swept laser beam.

Water fog visualizes a fan-generated vortex. Life, death, struggles, growth.

Water vapor in a bottle condenses to fog, when the squeezed bottle is released. Smoke particles were used for nucleation.

A stream of supercooled water forms ice on impact. Inspired by Grant “The King of Random” Thompson.

Alka-Seltzer contains baking soda, which releases CO2 gas in water. The bubbling phenomenon is known as effervescence.

A plunging water jet entrains air in an induction trumpet, filmed at 1000 fps.