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physics.flu-dyn2024
Motion of a floating sphere pulled by a string and induced flows
Benjamin Apffel, Romain Fleury
We study in this article the motion of a floating ball attached to a soft string set in circular motion through its other end. Although simple, the system exhibits rich dynamics th…
physics.app-ph2024
Experimental observation of parabolic wakes in thin plates
Janez Rus, Aleksi Bossart, Benjamin Apffel +2
Wakes are medium perturbations created by a moving object, such as wave patterns behind boats, or wingtip vortices following an aircraft. Here, we report about an experimental stud…