Pressure gradients caused by squeezing and pulling the plates of a Hele-Shaw cell cause the Saffman-Taylor fingering instability in honey, air and dyed water.

Pressure gradients caused by squeezing and pulling the plates of a Hele-Shaw cell cause the Saffman-Taylor fingering instability in honey, air and dyed water.

FlowVis@CU
2014, 2014 Team First, Flow Categories, Saffman-Taylor Instability, z Class & Assignment

By Eric Fauble, Alex Unger, Scott Hodges, and Zac Rice for Spring 2014 Team First.
Read the Report

Previous Post
Taylor-Saffman instability in a Hele-Shaw cell. The pressure of rapidly injecting water lifted the top sheet, inducing the instability around the outer edge of the honey as air entered.
Next Post
Dyed water injected into dyed corn syrup displays the Saffman-Taylor fingering instability in a Hele-Shaw cell.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Fill out this field
Fill out this field
Please enter a valid email address.

Categories