▲ 427 ▼ Paths of 800 unmanned bicycles being pushed until they fall over (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by qaz@lemmy.world to c/dataisbeautiful@lemmy.ml 38 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] egrets@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 child) It looks a lot like the inverse of flow visualization with smoke or liquid. I guess that's not coincidence? permalink fedilink source hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Sims@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago Not a Physicist, so guessing a little. Both seem turbulent/chaotic systems that rely on the previous state. Each part of a dynamic flow/bike trajectory are small fractals of the initial instability/configuration. A bike is designed to steer straight - counter-steering - while moving, so it is unstable around the line/curve. On the other hand, fluid tend to become unstable at the slightest disturbance and if pushed forward, goes into a oscillating state that breaks up into eddies. I would guess that the bike's forward instability gets exponentially higher at lower speeds, and the bike trajectory lines is not pushed forward as with moving fluid above, so the bike shows another turbulent/chaotic fractal system with a different starting configuration. ..I think ;-) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sims@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago Not a Physicist, so guessing a little. Both seem turbulent/chaotic systems that rely on the previous state. Each part of a dynamic flow/bike trajectory are small fractals of the initial instability/configuration. A bike is designed to steer straight - counter-steering - while moving, so it is unstable around the line/curve. On the other hand, fluid tend to become unstable at the slightest disturbance and if pushed forward, goes into a oscillating state that breaks up into eddies. I would guess that the bike's forward instability gets exponentially higher at lower speeds, and the bike trajectory lines is not pushed forward as with moving fluid above, so the bike shows another turbulent/chaotic fractal system with a different starting configuration. ..I think ;-) permalink fedilink source parent