3 papers
physics.class-ph2025
The mechanics of the squash nick shot
Mithun Ravisankar, Madeline Federle, Mina Bahadori +3
Squash is a widely popular racket sport, practiced by millions of people worldwide, played inside a walled court. When played well, players can last for several minutes before the…
cond-mat.soft2025
Elastic Pseudoturbulence in Polymer Solutions
Mithun Ravisankar, Roberto Zenit
We study the effects of polymer additives on pseudoturbulence induced by a swarm of bubbles rising in a quiescent fluid. We find that, beyond a critical polymer concentration, the…
physics.flu-dyn2024
Low Reynolds number pumping near an elastic half space
Avery Trevino, Thomas R. Powers, Roberto Zenit +1
Previous studies on peristalsis, the pumping of fluid along a channel by wave-like displacements of the channel walls, have shown that the elastic properties of the channel and the…