3 papers
physics.flu-dyn2026
Surface Waves Alter Air Entrainment During Water Entry
Chase T. Gabbard, Mario Ibrahim, Joseph Quinton +3
When a sphere crosses an air-water interface it can entrain a significant volume of air, a process relevant to numerous naval, industrial, and environmental settings. While air ent…
physics.flu-dyn2026
Droplet rebounds off a fluid bath at low Weber numbers
Elvis A. Agüero, Carlos A. Galeano-Rios, Clodoaldo Ragazzo +3
We present a method to simulate non-coalescing impacts and rebounds of droplets onto the free surface of a liquid bath, together with new experimental data, focused on the low-spee…
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…