swimming drag

[land shark]

just a post to those who may have wondered the outcome

http://www.svl.ch/SwimmingInGel/ :hmm

 

[Oldsarge]

I love it! A complete hoot!

 

[Ricochet]

They should have asked someone in the first place who knows about fluid dynamics and they whould have get a clear answer that reflects their experiments result: 'There is no difference'.

Instead they should have done the experiment in a non-Newtonian fluid.

 

[DeepThought]

Instead they should have done the experiment in a non-Newtonian fluid.

Alcohol?

 

[DeepThought]

By the way, this is what Google (images) has to say about 'swimming drag':

 

[Aquagenic]

WHOOAAA, what made you think it was a good idea to put "Swimming Drag" into google images?!? Admittedly though, it is pretty funny.

What a crazy experiment, very cool though. I'm jealous, I would love to swim in goo! Something like KY gelly might be more interesting. Just seeing KY gelly in that large of quanitities would be cool enough, or seeing the faces of people as you ask for KY gelly in massive quantities.

Cool stuff, thanks for posting man...

~James

 

[DeepThought]

WHOOAAA, what made you think it was a good idea to put "Swimming Drag" into google images?!? Admittedly though, it is pretty funny.

Well, it was late at night and... I was thinking about googling what 'non-Newtonian fluid' is but was too lazy so gave up to a more amusing topic...

 

[Ricochet]

Simply spoken a non-Newtonian Fluid changes its viscosity when you apply force on it.

Imagine you swim in something that gets more/less viscous the more you move

Such fluids are also called dilatant(shear thickening) and thixotropic.

 

[naiad]

A thick mixture of cornstarch and water (uncooked) is a non-Newtonian fluid. It becomes hard if you apply force on it and flows if you release the force.

Now to find a swimming pool which will allow me to empty cornstarch into it...

 

[mustangmermaid]

Interesting to say the very least.