3 papers
physics.flu-dyn2025
CyberDiver: an untethered robotic impactor for water-entry experiments
John T. Antolik, Eli A. Silver, Jesse L. Belden +1
We present the CyberDiver, an untethered robotic impactor capable of actively modulating the fluid physics during high-speed water entry. First, we utilize the CyberDiver to extend…
physics.flu-dyn2023
Slamming Forces During Water Entry of a Simple Harmonic Oscillator
John T. Antolik, Jesse L. Belden, Nathan B. Speirs +1
When a blunt body impacts an air-water interface, large hydrodynamic forces often arise, a phenomenon many of us have unfortunately experienced in a failed dive or "belly flop." Be…
physics.flu-dyn2023
Hydrodynamic irreversibility of non-Brownian suspensions in highly confined duct flow
John T. Antolik, Amanda Howard, Fernando Vereda +3
The irreversible behavior of a highly confined non-Brownian suspension of spherical particles at low Reynolds number in a Newtonian fluid is studied experimentally and numerically.…