Christopher Torres it's air that is being shot at the globule of water, not water. The waterès surface tension is not a strong force, so the distortion due to the excitation of the jolt of air is not surprising. The effect is exaggerated in zero gravity because there are no other comparable forces present to attenuate the response of the system and so the energy bounces it around dramatically and at length. Which is much like the mechanical activity of a pendulum, though less stable because this system is less constrained. Eventually the erratic movements would dissipate as the energy is transferred to the surrounding air.
There were some neat recent videos of water chunks with Mentos in them, wobbling around the International Space Station.
ReplyDeleteChristopher Torres it's air that is being shot at the globule of water, not water. The waterès surface tension is not a strong force, so the distortion due to the excitation of the jolt of air is not surprising. The effect is exaggerated in zero gravity because there are no other comparable forces present to attenuate the response of the system and so the energy bounces it around dramatically and at length. Which is much like the mechanical activity of a pendulum, though less stable because this system is less constrained. Eventually the erratic movements would dissipate as the energy is transferred to the surrounding air.
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