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Impact figures

Presenter
December 9, 2009
Keywords:
  • Liquids
MSC:
  • 82D15
Abstract
Since Worthington, many situations generated by impacts in liquids were documented and explored. In this spirit, we would like to present several recent observations related to the behavior of projectiles after they hit different kinds of liquids. We first discuss the impact on soap films, and naturally extend these observations to foams, focussing on the ability of such complex fluids to absorb the kinetic energy of the projectiles. We also consider impacts in a viscous liquid, and describe the particular kind of cavity generated by the shock. And we conclude by looking at the behaviour of revolving projectiles, discussing the characteristics of the trajectory induced by the rotation. Other contributors to this talk: Anne Le Goff, Guillaume Dupeux and Christophe Clanet.