Why Do Boats Make THIS Pattern?
04:57
146,890 views
Why Do Boats Make THIS Pattern? with tags physics, minutephysics, science
This video is about the "Kelvin wake" shape of water wakes behind boats - we talk about mach angle, dispersion, superposition of many waves, and how these all lead to the pattern of a wake. We don't get into Froude number though...
REFERENCES
Mach angle shock waves:
MinutePhysics is on twitter - @minutephysics
Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all in a minute!
Created by Henry Reich
1:03:35
18,172 views
2 years ago
03:36
46,103 views
12 months ago
17:10
181,731 views
6 years ago
07:31
321,990 views
4 years ago
04:11
45,335 views
12 months ago
45:43
24,084 views
1 years ago
37:51
152,725 views
6 years ago
08:31
29,296 views
2 years ago
1:05:14
205,289 views
2 years ago
02:16
35,363 views
12 months ago
05:44
39,166 views
9 months ago
1:00:09
27,946 views
1 years ago
46:15
39,235 views
10 months ago
02:40
30,490 views
12 months ago
38:08
140,389 views
4 years ago
1:30:21
35,710 views
1 years ago
20:34
36,144 views
11 months ago
1:08:39
28,142 views
4 months ago
