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3D reconstruction of the collision dynamics of two vortices
Researchers may have identified a fundamental mechanism by which turbulence develops by smashing vortex rings head-on into each other, recording the results with ultra-high-resolution cameras and reconstructing the collision dynamics using a 3D visualization program. Here we see a 3D reconstruction of the collision dynamics of two vortices.
[Research supported by National Science Foundation grants DMR 1420570, DMS 1411694 and DMS 1715477.]
Learn more in the Harvard SEAS news story Unraveling turbulence:
New insights into how fluids transform from order to disorder. (Date image taken: unknown; date originally posted to NSF Multimedia Gallery: July 18, 2020)
Credit: Image courtesy of Ryan McKeown/Harvard SEAS
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