Kaye Effect: Jumping Liquids.

Posted by Alex in Science & Tech, Video Clips on April 10, 2007 at 9:29 pm


Here’s a weird behavior of complex liquids, called the Kaye Effect [wiki], named after British engineer Arthur Kaye, who first discovered it in 1963. When a think thin stream of viscous fluid is poured onto a surface, a stream of jumping liquid can be seen!

Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] – via Cool Stuff


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6 comments to "Kaye Effect: Jumping Liquids."

  1. Terry Ortiz
    April 10th, 2007 at 9:51 pm

    Umm..."think stream of viscous fluid?" :)

    Fascinating. Amazing how high-speed cameras put phenomena down to our speed so we can observe it. I wonder how many small processes go unnoticed because they're outside of our reach in being too small, too fast, too large, etc...

  2. Alex
    April 10th, 2007 at 11:56 pm

    thin. thin stream of viscous fluid. Thanks Terry Ortiz, I've corrected the post.

  3. Akiro
    April 11th, 2007 at 9:01 am

    Simply outstanding, I think I might go buy some extra shampoo now.

  4. Ali
    April 11th, 2007 at 5:56 pm

    I tried this in the shower with my girlfriends shampoo for over 10 minutes...when she walked in and saw what I was doing she wasn't amused with it and I was promptly robbed of my "Kaye Experimenting with Shampoo in the Shower" moment. :(

  5. Patricio Arias
    April 13th, 2007 at 10:35 pm

    Hi there, i´m trying over and over again... but i don´t get the results... can anyone tell me what kind of surface do we need to try this?

    Some kind of "moving-surface"?

  6. Erica May
    May 4th, 2007 at 11:11 pm

    It's really the height that is critical...after watching the video we notice that the height that they were using was about 20 cm. It's also important to have a steady stream. We were able to get the Kaye effect at the kitchen table on a dirty plate, and then slanting one plate we were able to create the continuous one. Hope that helps...Long live Kaye Effect!


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