Summary of FYPhysics posts [2015-2019]
Origins of the Buoyant force
How do hot air balloons work?
Note on average density and how do ships not sink?
Plateau- Rayleigh Instability
Pilot Wave Hydrodynamics (completed with Nicole Sharp, FYFD)
Quantum double-slit experiments
Hydro single- and double-slit experiments
De Broglieās pilot-wave theory
Resources and references on pilot wave hydrodynamics
How to photograph shock waves?
Ultrasonically levitated water droplets
Catching prey using vortices
Estimating the energy of an atomic bomb using dimensional analysis
1. [How far away is the moon and lunar laser ranging experiment](https://fyphysica.tumblr.com/post/117782860366/how-far-is-the-moon)
Parallax method, 61-Cygni and the Hipporcas mission
How to use the hubble legacy archive (HLA) - 101
Supernova Sorcerer: Robert Evans
A note on the Hydrogen spectrum
On the strong 5577Ć
spectrum line
Celestial wonders ā Binary stars
Dropping a feather on the moon
Saturnās hexagonal cloud pattern
Beauty of eclipses on earth
On disappearing shadows of Birds and airplanes
So. this is called blobbing
The simple harmonic oscillator
Using complex numbers in classical mechanics
Remembering the Laplacian in different coordinate systems
1. [Jackson's form of the laplacian in spherical coordinates](https://ecstasyshots.wordpress.com/2019/02/18/jacksons-laplacian-in-spherical-coordinates-proof/)
Solving the Laplacian in spherical coordinates
Euler-Lagrange equation for a classical field
Cooking up a Lorentz invariant Lagrangian
Length contraction , Time dilation and Lorentz Transformation: Pokemon edition
Chocolate bar in Microwave(#1)
Chocolate bar in Microwave(#2)
On Diffraction and the Helical structure of DNA
On Optical Tunneling and Evanescent waves
Diamagnetic Levitation -Ig Nobel prize (2000)
A note on levitating frogs and superconductivity
Can you crush a soda can with lightning ?
Pokemons and bioelectricity
The holy grail of Electromagnetic Radiation
Combinatorics and the two state paramagnet
Chemical Turbulence : Belousov Zhabotinsky reaction
Dynamics of Love affairs: Valentineās Day Gift Box
Commutation relation in QM (using Index notation)
A note on what makes solutions discretized?
Intro to parametric integration
Using Feynmanās trick on Laplace transform problems
Feynmanās trick applied to Contour Integration
Legendre Differential Equation (#1)
Legendre Differential Equation (#2)
Legendre Differential Equation (#3)
Legendre Differential Equation (#4)
Divergence of the harmonic series
When Gauss was a young childā¦
Homeomorphic Irreducible Trees with 10 vertices
Holy matrimony of Pascal and Sierpinskiās triangle
The tale of taylor series coefficients
How did the Greeks know that pi=3.14?
Why is (-1) x (-1) = +1 ?
Only Time will tell - A Complex Number Tribute.
Complex numbers are not complex
Basis vectors are instructions
The generalized product rule (Leibniz formula)
[Finding n roots of unity](https://fyphysica.tumblr.com/post/176415634641/multiplication-and-n-roots-of-unity)
8. [Never forget De Moivreās formula](https://fyphysica.tumblr.com/post/176137661561/never-forget-de-moviers-formula-if-you-ever-find)
On the direction of the cross product
The geometry of a pringle
1. [The magnus effect](https://fyphysica.tumblr.com/post/134198455876)
Introducing the wind-tunnel
Flight dynamics : Pitch , roll and yaw
On Taj Mahal and lift in airplanes
Vortex Generators _( How inducing a vortex helps an aircraft )_
Wingtip vortices ( The why and how about wing tip vortex )
Have you heard about the popular y250 vortex on a F1 car? Itās amazing!
Von KƔrmƔn vortex street
Landing on aircraft carriers
1. [What Is That Hole in the Tail of an Airplane?](https://fyphysica.tumblr.com/post/142619755241)
Why do pilots use non polarized sunglasses ?
Supersonic shock diamonds
1. [ How to turn during flight ?](https://fyphysica.tumblr.com/post/132215818276/rockets-101-how-to-turn-during-flight-to-be)
Why do shuttles orient belly up after a launch ?
How do you place a satellite in orbit?
This is a Dragster Blowover
UV light, Thou shall not enter!
āHook and Loopā: The fascinating tale of velcro
Thatās how a revolving fan works
ABS - Anti-lock braking system
Why are there rivets on your jeans?
Making images from pixels
Walter lewin chalk trick | 1000 fps
Why do shower curtains encroach your showering space ?
Can dominos knock down the empire state building?
The Miura fold : Making flat surfaces smaller
Powering a 13W CFL bulb using a 3V battery
De-constructing Backyard Brainās TED talk
Why canāt you cycle backwards?
Baby powder and fire breathing
Why do bullets spin when they leave the barrel ?
Polish a surface well enough and you can turn it into a mirror !
Small balloons exert higher pressure ?
How does turning this knob control your fridge temperature?
How does sand from Sahara end up in your windshield ?
A note on Vibration and Washing Machines
You cannot drown in Quick Sand!
The great pyramid of Giza has 8 sides not 4!
Why not just build a solar panel around the sun to solve all energy problems?
Major types of engines - giffed
gracieabrams
amandla
areudirty
stormborns
origamiaround
turnnoffyourmind
