Ripples on Icicles
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- Original Source:Experimental Nonlinear Physics Group, Dept. of Physics University of Toronto
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This website, from the University of Toronto, provides a discussion of the instability that gives rise to ripples on the surface of icicles. A description of this instability is followed by multiple videos of icicles forming under a variety of conditions. Comparisons are made to ripples on stalactites and the movements of the ripples are also presented.
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Grade: PS/Pre-K to 12, Undergraduate to Graduate
Topics: Engineering & Design, Earth's Resources, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Earth & Space Science, Properties of Matter, Physics
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