Here is a summary of an interesting talk on bubbles!
Prof. Lohse has given us an interesting talk ranging from shrimp to Lawrence of Arabia. The main topic was the bubble formation on fluids and solids. First, he started with a well-known example of bubbles in a glass of water. He examined the jet formation while bubbles are collapsing. Then, he showed a video of a snapping shrimp who kills its prey by a water jet as formed after bubbles. We also saw that a huge ship can be crashed by ultrasonic sound waves travelling in the ocean. This process is similar to bubble and then, jet formations. At the end, he talked about the similar phenomenon at desert sand and he concluded with a scene form Lawrence of Arabia. With this fascinating talk, we learned how the fundamental understanding of the bubble formation can lead to improvements in different areas.
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