Theoretical and numerical approach to "magic angle" of stone skipping.
Theoretical and numerical approach to "magic angle" of stone skipping.
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.94.174501
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发表时间:
2004-11
影响因子:
8.6
通讯作者:
S. Nagahiro;Y. Hayakawa
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作者:
S. Nagahiro;Y. Hayakawa
We investigate the condition for the bounce of circular disks which obliquely impacts on the fluid surface. An experiment [C. Clanet, F. Hersen, and L. Bocquet, Nature (London) 427, 29 (2004)] revealed that there exists a "magic angle" of 20 degrees between a disk's face and water surface in which the condition of the lowest impact speed necessary for a bounce is minimized. We perform a three-dimensional simulation of the disk-water impact by means of the smoothed particle hydrodynamics. Furthermore, we analyze the impact with a model of the ordinary differential equation (ODE). Our simulation is in good agreement with the experiment. The analysis with the ODE model gives us a theoretical insight into the "magic angle" of stone skipping.