Tag: physics
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Champagne Problems: The Challenge of Effervescence
Whether it is the sweet taste of ripe grapes or the dry flavour of crisp apples, often the first thought that comes to mind when considering champagne are the bubbles, that sparkling signature of facetiousness. What you might not think about is where champagne comes from and its production. What is really in a bottle…
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Like Eating Jell-O With Chop-Sticks: Analysis of Knuckleball Pitchers
“Not only can pitchers not control it, hitters can’t hit it, catchers can’t catch it, coaches can’t coach it and most pitchers can’t learn it” –American League umpire Ron Luciano (Freier, 2012) Baseball may be boring to some, but it is a romantic game to those who play it. None would agree more than knuckleball…
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C’mon Baby Light My Fire (In Space)
Why would anyone want to light a fire in space? For starters, sometimes gravity isn’t all that helpful. For example, when studying the process of combustion, gravity actually introduces a number of complications. Most numerical and analytical models used in combustion research rely upon the simplifying assumption that buoyancy forces acting on fuel droplets are negligible (Space…