No Coiling (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, the paint is deposited on a moving canvas from distance low enough a speed high enough to avoid coiling. At higher distances and/or lower speeds, the instability creates pigtail-like curls (see additional video), which Pollock largely avoided, the researchers say.
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Roberto Zenit
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