System-wide effects of how standing waves interact with a vortex (VIDEO)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

Caption

Lines of momentarily flat water extend outward and rotate, in the opposite direction to the flow of the vortex. The left video shows the pattern from the experiment, while the right video shows the same effect in a simulation model.

Credit

Singh et. al., (2026) Commun Phys.

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