Beer inspires anti-sloshing science - 2014 Gallery of Fluid Motion - APS-DFD
Channel: PIF Lab
Date: 2014-11-12

Why beer does not spill: foam damps Sloshing

Entry V0052 for the 2014 Gallery of Fluid Motion of the APS-DFD conference

Sloshing, i.e. the oscillations of the free surface, is a practical and industrial challenge to liquid transportation. Walking with a beer teaches us that the presence of of foam atop a liquid can damp the sloshing.  Our study provides new insights into the science of sloshing by exploring the damping effect of foam in a cells as illustrated in the picture.

Authors:
- Alban Sauret (Princeton University)
- François Boulogne (Princeton University)
- Jean Cappello (Princeton University)
- Emilie Dressaire (NYU, School of Engineering)
- Howard A. Stone (Princeton University)

Meeting Abstract Link: http://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/DFD14/Session/H16.9