POM Gallery

    A collection of all the “Pictures of the Month” which have appeared on the Front Page over the years.

    The beads on string structure of a thinning viscoelastic jet (Zinelis et al, 2024)

    The “beads on string” structure of a thinning viscoelastic jet (Zinelis et al, 2024)

    Isothermal Evaporation of a Static Binary Droplet: Evolution of the mass fraction fields of the light, heavy, and inert components, and the grid refinement.
    See Edoardo Cipriano’s sandbox and Cipriano et al, 2024.

    Assessing passive scalar dynamics in bubble-induced turbulence using direct numerical simulations by Hidman et al, 2023

    Assessing passive scalar dynamics in bubble-induced turbulence using direct numerical simulations by Hidman et al, 2023

    Diffusiophoresis-enhanced reaction-diffusion equations (bottom right) can explain how the Ornate Boxfish gets its spots (bottom left). See How animals get their stripes and spots and Ben Alessio’s sandbox.

    Diffusiophoresis-enhanced reaction-diffusion equations (bottom right) can explain how the Ornate Boxfish gets its spots (bottom left). See How animals get their stripes and spots and Ben Alessio’s sandbox.

    Breaking wave field with the colour indicating the surface velocity and inset showing the curvature-based detection of the breaking front. From Wu et al, 2023.

    Breaking wave field with the colour indicating the surface velocity and inset showing the curvature-based detection of the breaking front. From Wu et al, 2023.

    Viscosity field in the film (left) and around a rising drop surrounded by a yield-stress fluid (right). From Deoclecio et al, 2023.

    Viscosity field in the film (left) and around a rising drop surrounded by a yield-stress fluid (right). From Deoclecio et al, 2023.

    Comparison between experiment and simulation for the impact of a 1.6 mm FC-770 droplet onto a silicon oil pool. From Fudge et al, 2023.

    Comparison between experiment and simulation for the impact of a 1.6 mm FC-770 droplet onto a silicon oil pool. From Fudge et al, 2023.

    Crystal growth in 3D. From Limare et al, 2022.

    Crystal growth in 3D. From Limare et al, 2022.

    Wind-driven wave growth. From Wu et al, 2022.

    Wind-driven wave growth. From Wu et al, 2022.

    Thin sheet perforation and hole formation. Top: 5123 (left) and 10243 (right) grids without controlled perforations. Bottom: 5123 (left) and 10243 (right) with manifold death. From Chirco et al, 2022.

    Thin sheet perforation and hole formation. Top: 5123 (left) and 10243 (right) grids without controlled perforations. Bottom: 5123 (left) and 10243 (right) with manifold death. From Chirco et al, 2022.

    Multilayer model of the wave field generated by a volcanic eruption under lake Taupo, New Zealand. Left: dispersive, right: non-dispersive. From Hayward et al, 2022.

    Multilayer model of the wave field generated by a volcanic eruption under lake Taupo, New Zealand. Left: dispersive, right: non-dispersive. From Hayward et al, 2022.

    Palas Farsoiya’s poster wins a Gallery of Fluid Motion award at APS-DFD

    Palas Farsoiya’s poster wins a Gallery of Fluid Motion award at APS-DFD

    Subsiding shells at the edge of a cumulus cloud’s updraft by Antoon van Hooft. Rendered with bwatch.

    Game of life by Jose-Maria Fullana in memory of John Conway (1937–2020)

    Game of life by Jose-Maria Fullana in memory of John Conway (1937–2020)

    Collision of two vortex rings by Antoon van Hooft

    Flow past a cylinder by Antoon van Hooft

    Airy swell by Pierre-Yves Lagrée

    Lee waves by Antoon van Hooft

    Drop on drop impact by Vatsal Sanjay

    Falling evaporating drop by Quentin Magdelaine

    Breaking Stokes wave (multilayer solver) by Stéphane Popinet

    Double Mach reflection of a Mach 10 shock from a wall by Daniel Fuster

    Gradient sharpening by a dipolar vortex by Antoon van Hooft