For my first “Get Wet” assignment, I decided to not get wet at all. I wanted to demonstrate that you can visualize the flow of a non-fluid: a crystalline solid! Because the individual grains of the table salt are so small, on a macroscopic level the salt can act as a fluid. I thought of this medium when I was using paint stripper on a table; at what point does the solid paint turn into liquid, ready to be swished off of the table surface? Can a solid, like applied and dried paint, be thought of as a fluid? For me, the answer is no, but table salt is also a solid yet can be shown to behave as a fluid.
Get Wet // Zack Herzer
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Flow Vis Guidebook
- Introduction to the Guidebook
- Overview 1: Phenomena. Why Does It Look Like That?
- Overview 2: Visualization Techniques
- Overview 3: Lighting
- Overview 4 - Photography A: Composition and Studio Workflow
- Overview 4 - Photography B: Cameras
- Overview 4 - Photography C: Lenses - Focal Length
- Overview 4 - Photography C: Lenses - Aperture and DOF
- Overview 4: Photography D: Exposure
- Overview 4 - Photography E - Resolution
- Overview 5 - Post-Processing
- Clouds 1: Names
- Clouds 2: Why Are There Clouds? Lift Mechanism 1: Instability
- Clouds 3: Skew - T and Instability
- Clouds 4: Clouds in Unstable Atmosphere
- Clouds 5: Lift Mechanism 2 - Orographics
- Clouds 6: Lift Mechanism 3 - Weather Systems
- Boundary Techniques - Introduction
- Dye Techniques 1 - Do Not Disturb
- Dye Techniques 2 - High Visibility
- Dye Techniques 3 - Light Emitting Fluids
- Refractive Index Techniques 1: Liquid Surfaces
- Refractive Index Techniques 2: Shadowgraphy and Schlieren
- Particle Physics: Flow and Light
- Dilute Particle Techniques - Under Construction
- Particles 2: Aerosols
- Particles 3: In Water - Under Construction
- Art and Science
- TOC and Zotpress test
- Photons, Wavelength and Color
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Interesting take on fluid mechanics, I wouldn’t have thought to do this! Very creative.
Like the idea that the record was taken from the bottom.
Nice concept! As I mentioned in the critique I think it would be awesome to visualize the individual grains in a separate flow of fluid such as compressed air or something similar.
Neat choice! I would have like to watch the salt flow from other forces besides your hand. I think an hourglass type thing or spilling effect would be cool to capture next time.
Really nice lighting and experimental setup! I like how clearly you can see the individual grains of salt against the dark ceiling.