Curling (VIDEO)
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A paper published in the journal PLOS ONE shows that Jackson Pollock's "drip" technique seems to intentionally avoid what's known in the fluid mechanics world as coiling instability -- the tendency of a viscous fluid to form curls and coils when poured on a surface. The researchers used an experimental setup using a syringe to emulate Pollock's technique. In the video, a filament of paint curls as it is deposited. The researchers conclude that Pollock consistently deposited paint at a speed high enough and a distance low enough to avoid these kinds of curls.
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Roberto Zenit
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