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SUBMITTER: Belden J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4743002 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Belden Jesse J Hurd Randy C RC Jandron Michael A MA Bower Allan F AF Truscott Tadd T TT
Nature communications 20160204
Incited by public fascination and engineering application, water-skipping of rigid stones and spheres has received considerable study. While these objects can be coaxed to ricochet, elastic spheres demonstrate superior water-skipping ability, but little is known about the effect of large material compliance on water impact physics. Here we show that upon water impact, very compliant spheres naturally assume a disk-like geometry and dynamic orientation that are favourable for water-skipping. Expe ...[more]