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See Techniques for a description of the photographic methods.  (Note that the units of time are ms = millisecond = 0.001 second.)


Title: Collapse of underwater cavity
ID #: HS-34cmp
© copyright: Loren M. Winters
Medium: 35mm negative
Description: side-by-side images showing collapse of an underwater cavity trailing a BB fired into water
Technique: single-burst flash
Category: Hydrodynamics
Title: Head-on path of BB in water
ID #: HS-32-16
© copyright: Loren M. Winters
Medium: 35mm negative
Description: BB fired into water on collision course with camera. Corrugations in the interface between water and air can be seen.
Technique: single-burst flash
Category: Hydrodynamics
Title: Spinning pellet fired into water at Mach 1
ID #: smed-01
© copyright: Loren M. Winters
Medium: 35mm negative
Description: 0.177 in pellet fired from a rifled barrel at Mach 1 into tank of water. The upper portion of the cavity is reflected from the under surface of the water.
Technique: single-burst flash
Category: Hydrodynamics
Title: BB fired into water tank
ID #: HS-41-14
© copyright: Loren M. Winters
Medium: 35mm negative
Description: BB splits the water as it moves downward in a tank. The cavity expands outward at first (yellow to green images) and then collapses to form a small cavity just behind the BB (blue image).
Technique: color-sequenced multiflash (interval = 1.33 ms)
Category: Hydrodynamics
Title: Deceleration of a BB in water I
ID #: MP-2-23
© copyright: Loren M. Winters
Medium: 35mm negative
Description: BB entering water at 233 m/s forms a cavity which expands outward at first and then begins to collapse. The deceleration of the BB can be modeled using a vČ drag force.
Technique: multiflash with image sweep, right-to-left (interval = 0.300 ms)
Category: Hydrodynamics
Title: Cavity collapse
ID #: MP-3-17
© copyright: Loren M. Winters
Medium: 35mm negative
Description: in later stages of BB's deceleration in water, the cavity splits and collapses
Technique: multiflash with image sweep, right-to-left (interval = 0.300 ms)
Category: Hydrodynamics
Title: Deceleration of a BB in water (color)
ID #: MP-4-16
© copyright: Loren M. Winters
Medium: 35mm negative
Description: formation and collapse of the cavity behind a BB decelerating in water
Technique: multiflash with image sweep, right-to-left (interval = 0.400 ms)
Category: Hydrodynamics
Title: Deceleration of plastic ball in water
ID #: kssb-15
© copyright: Loren M. Winters
Medium: 35mm negative
Description: 2.54-cm diameter hard plastic ball fired into a tank of water at 11 m/s. In the first image, the ball is breaking the water's surface.
Technique: color-sequenced multiflash (interval = 13.00 ms)
Category: Hydrodynamics
Title: Path of a ball in water
ID #: MK-2-4
© copyright: Loren M. Winters
Medium: 35mm negative
Description: 2.54-cm diameter ball, fired into water at 7.6 m/s, slows to a halt. The ball, being less dense water, will eventually resurface. The first two images show the ball before entering the water.
Technique: color-sequenced multiflash (interval = 10.00 ms)
Category: Hydrodynamics