Drag on sphere video (VIDEO)

Brown University

Caption

Drag forces on partially submerged objects can be three or four times greater than on fully submerged objects. The sphere coated with superhydrophobic material, making it very repellent to water, encountered more drag than the less water repellant spheres. Graph courtesy of the Harris Lab.

Credit

Harris Lab

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License

CC BY

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