3 papers
physics.flu-dyn2026
A bent straw as a tool for an affordable student-safe experiment in vortex ring dynamics
Elijah James, Yukun Sun, Yicong Fu +4
Vortex dynamics are an important topic in fluid dynamics, explaining phenomena like drag and lift generation, jet propulsion, and corner flows. It is also often excluded from intro…
cond-mat.soft2025
Fringe around a Beet Slice: Wetting-induced Dimple in a Thin Liquid Film
Zhengyang Liu, Kunal Kumar, Yicong Fu +3
When a slice of beet is placed on a plate with a thin layer of beet juice, one can observe a clear fringe around the beet, where the color is more translucent than the rest of the…
physics.flu-dyn2025
Vortex transition and thermal mixing by pitching a perforated flexible panel
Yicong Fu, Zhengyang Liu, Samir Tandon +2
The effective transport of heat and mass is crucial to both industrial applications and physiological processes. Recent research has evaluated the benefit of using flexible reeds f…