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Soap-bubble cyclones

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4175

Duration

00:03:49

Production year

2014

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Marcel DALAISE

Summary

At the "Ondes et Matière ' " laboratory in Aquitaine, soap bubbles have become a study subject for detecting instability and turbulence. The aim is to simulate flux and flows to create faithful models of vortexes comparable to natural phenomena such as cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons.

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