Nagel Group Images

To Splash or Not to Splash

A series of falling water droplets, some showing normal splashing behavior and some showing no splash at all. Those without a splash are under vacuum conditions.


Echoing Perturbations in Branching Fluid Patterns

Undulating perturbations along dyed fluid rings reveal resounding structure behind the interface when a less viscous fluid penetrates a more viscous one within a small gap


Hidden Structure in Viscous Fluid Patterns

The iconic branching patterns of the viscous fingering instability are unconventionally visualized with alternate injection of dyed rings to identify regions of local pressure gradient decay behind and in front of the interface