Elastic spheres can walk on water

Jesse Belden; Randy C. Hurd; Michael A. Jandron; Allan F. Bower; Tadd T. Truscott

doi:10.1038/ncomms10551

Nature Communications (Feb 2016)

Elastic spheres can walk on water

Jesse Belden,
Randy C. Hurd,
Michael A. Jandron,
Allan F. Bower,
Tadd T. Truscott

Affiliations

Jesse Belden: Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport
Randy C. Hurd: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Utah State University
Michael A. Jandron: Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport
Allan F. Bower: School of Engineering, Brown University
Tadd T. Truscott: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Utah State University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10551
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Stone skipping on water is a very classical phenomenon, but the relevant fluid dynamics is more complicated than what is normally expected. Here, Belden et al. study the effect of elasticity on the skipping dynamics and show why soft spheres can skip much easier than solid spheres.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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