Water doesn't just drop, it bounces

[CS TAN]

I wasn't aware of it until I saw this video.

See how water drop bounces when the video is shoot at 2000 frames per second...

http://www.flixxy.com/water-drop.htm

 

[kkvolution]

At 1:17, did I heard wrongly from the narrator: "For the non Phd"?

 

[Canew]

At 1:17, did I heard wrongly from the narrator: "For the non Phd"?

Yes, the narrator meant 'for the lay-men.'

 

[Ninja23XX]

Surface Tension, and the surrounding air.

 

[wildcat]

Now I know how those olden times kungfu movies, people practise high level qing gong can jump jump jump over water. :bigeyes:

 

[allenleonhart]

Surface Tension, and the surrounding air.

and dun forget the good old conservation of momentum!

 

[shiruikage]

niceee........what happens then when the drop of water drops with greater kinetic energy?

 

[allenleonhart]

well it will bounce longer tats for sure ~~

 

[mabmy]

That is simple awesome! A very beautiful discovery! Well for a non PhD like me, it is simple enough to understand the explanation given. It would have turned into a very beautiful shot if captured.

 

[Ninja23XX]

and dun forget the good old conservation of momentum!

Yeap, the droplet shows very cleary how kinetic energy dissipiates.

 

[Sion]

I wasn't aware of it until I saw this video.

See how water drop bounces when the video is shoot at 2000 frames per second...

http://www.flixxy.com/water-drop.htm

That's why you want to stand with legs further apart on the toilet bowl. :bsmilie: