Have you ever watched as cream mixes with your coffee? Stared into the flames of a fire? Seen how incense smoke streams upwards smoothly, then curls? Wondered why a candle flame is steady, then suddenly pulsates? Marveled at a thunderhead at sunset? Then you have participated in flow visualization. Literally, flow visualization makes the physics of gases and liquids visible.
In this upcoming talk at 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16 in the Ulrich Museum of Art, join Dr. Jean Hertzberg and enjoy the aesthetics of flow visualization: beauty, power, destruction and the just plain weird things fluids can do. At the same time, explore the physics of a wide range of fluid dynamics. Refreshments are available starting at 4:30 pm.