Lobes from 4 Meters/second Impacting Fibers (IMAGE)

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Lobes from 4 Meters/second Impacting Fibers

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In Physics of Fluids, researchers are currently probing how well pine needles allay the impact of rain beneath the tree. They explored the impact of raindrops onto fixed, noncircular fibers of the longleaf pine by using high-speed videography to capture the results. This image shows lobes from 4 meters/second impacting rounded fibers (left) and wedged fibers (right).

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Lebanoff and Dickerson, UCF

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