1D60.65 Parabolic Water Stream Trajectory

1D60.65 Parabolic Water Stream Trajectory

A pulser spits out regularly spaced water drops which are viewed with a strobe. Direction (horizontal or vertical) does not affect the number of water drops in the equally spaced markers of the backdrop. Throughout the whole motion there are 4 drops within the equally spaced markers.

This overview photograph shows a white backdrop marked in 12 even columns at the back of a long table. A bucket of water rests in a sink sunk into the table at the left of the backdrop. A tube runs from the bucket along the table, ending in a glass eyedropper held at an upward angle in a small table clamp. A strobe light appears in the foreground, with its controller off to the right of the image.

This close-up photograph shows the 12-column backdrop, with a stream of water arcing across the backdrop from right to left. The water shifts into resolvable, countable drops in about the third column (counting from the right). The drops continue to spread slightly, but maintain the ballistic curve across the entire backdrop.

Location: C1-2; Strobe Light: R1-6