Fluid dynamics encompasses a wide range of phenomena where instabilities lead to the onset of turbulence. From naturally occurring astrophysical flows to engineered systems, instabilities such as the ...

University of Chicago physicists working in the nascent field of experimental vortex dynamics have, with unexpected help from a Sharpie marker, achieved the first measurements of an elusive but ...

Lab top accretion disc: Cutaway diagram of the experimental setup used by Wang and colleagues. The data shown in the left portion of the gap between cylinders illustrates the simulated shear profile ...