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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Fluid mechanics guys are nuts, I can't believe people can write the mathematical equations that govern stuff like this, it's easily the most impressive and understated area of physics imo.

[–] M137 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"An example of viscous fingering in a Hele-Shaw cell."

haha

[–] regrub 5 points 1 month ago

Not to be confused with vicious fingering

[–] AbouBenAdhem 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

As a consequence of the incompressibility of the flow and Darcy's law, the pressure fields must be harmonic...

Every time I start to feel complacent with my ignorance of complex analysis, another harmonic function pops out of the woodwork.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Wow. That's why liquid glue looks like this when you remove the things you glue. Interesting.