Newswise — WASHINGTON, D.C., November 23, 2015 -- Journalists are invited to participate in an interactive online press conference streamed live from the 68th annual meeting of the American Physical Society (APS) Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD), held Nov. 22-24, 2015 in Boston.
Four researchers will present new discoveries, as detailed below. You will have the opportunity to listen and ask questions directly of the researchers on these topics.
What: Online Press Conference: Research from the APS/DFD MeetingWhen: Monday, Nov. 23; 1:00 p.m. EST Webcast Registration: http://www1.webcastcanada.ca/webcast/registration/11152.phpOn-site Location: Hampton Meeting Room, Sheraton Boston Hotel, 39 Dalton Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02199
List of Speakers and Talks:
1) THE PHYSICS OF SURFINGEMBARGOED for release until 2:45 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015
Christophe Clanet, from École Polytechnique in France, will discuss the miniature wave tank he and his colleagues built and how they used it to quantify conditions necessary for a surfer to catch a wave.
IMAGES AND VIDEO of surfers and the experiments are available for free use.Once off embargo, the permalink of this release will be: http://www.newswise.com/articles/surf-s-up-how-to-catch-a-perfect-wave
2) HOW A FLOUNDER DISAPPEARS IN THE SANDEMBARGOED for release until 10:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015
Alban Sauret, from the French National Centre for Scientific Research, will discuss how observing a flounder disappearing beneath the sand to escape predators inspired his team to explore whether the oscillation process involved can provide an efficient new approach to the resuspension of granular material within a fluid.
IMAGES of flow patterns near a flounder-mimicking oscillation foil are available for free use.Once off embargo, the permalink of this release will be:http://www.newswise.com/articles/a-flounder-s-disappearing-act-explained-by-physics
3) THE WATER REPELLENT PROPERTIES OF FUR AND FEATHERSEMBARGOED for release until 4:45 p.m. ET on Monday, Nov. 23, 2015
Alice Nasto, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will describe the entrainment of air in hairy surfaces and the water-repellant properties of fur and feathers. The discoveries may inspire the design of novel textiles -- like hairy wet suits.
AN IMAGE of a material used in these experiments as a model for fur, emulating the water-repellant nature of semi-aquatic mammals, is available for free use.Once off embargo, the permalink of this release will be: http://www.newswise.com/articles/how-does-fur-keep-animals-warm-in-cold-water
4) THE COMPLEX SNEEZE, CAUGHT ON TAPEEMBARGOED for release until 8:00 a.m. ET on Monday, Nov. 23, 2015
Lydia Bourouiba, head of the Fluid Dynamics of Disease Transmission Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), will describe how droplets are formed within a high-propulsion sneeze cloud and how sneezes are complex, turbulent, highly variable, multiphase flows that can suspend and spread potential pathogen-carrying droplets much further than ever suspected.
Once off embargo, the permalink of this release will be:http://www.newswise.com/articles/the-complex-sneeze-caught-on-tape
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MEETING INFORMATION
The 68th Annual Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting will be held at Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Mass. from Nov. 22-24, 2015. More meeting information: https://apsdfd2015.mit.edu
REGISTERING AS PRESS
Any journalist, full-time or freelance, may attend the conference free of charge. Please email [email protected] and [email protected] and include "DFD Press Registration" in the subject line. ABOUT THE APS DIVISION OF FLUID DYNAMICS
The Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD) of the American Physical Society (APS) exists for the advancement and diffusion of knowledge of the physics of fluids with special emphasis on the dynamical theories of the liquid, plastic and gaseous states of matter under all conditions of temperature and pressure. DFD Website: http://www.aps.org/units/dfd/index.cfm
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Meeting Link: The 68th Annual Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting
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