A 140 year-old physics problem may have just been solved...Can a sprinkler work and spin in reverse? Comment your answer below as I take a look into this breakthrough research experiment that claims to solve the mystery, once and for all...
Read the paper here:
Centrifugal Flows Drive Reverse Rotation of Feynman’s Sprinkler; Kaizhe Wang, Brennan Sprinkle, Mingxuan Zuo, and Leif Ristroph, Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 044003
🚀 JOIN US for members-only content:
🤘👨🔬 ROCKSTAR SCIENTIST Merch:
📸 INSTAGRAM
#breakthrough #physics #science #mystery
Chapters:
00:00 What Is Feynman's Reverse Sprinkler Problem?
0:48 The History Of The The Feynman Sprinkler
3:32 Why Does A Sprinkler Spin?
6:42 Suction Vs Blowing: Airflow & Velocity
8:17 The Experiment
12:37 The Results: Mystery Solved?
13:41 Explanation and Visualising The Results
If you enjoy the channel and want even more physics, tech, and business content, I've just launched new Instagram and Threads pages. Follow on the links below
Insta:
Threads:
Newsletter
A few people have asked so I've added the info below. Some of these are affiliate links. If you make a purchase it doesn't cost you anything extra, but a percentage of the sale will help support this channel and my work to bringing entrepreneurship into science.
My camera :
My lens:
My lav: and
My mic: