Experiment/Simulation (VIDEO)

New York University

Caption

This video shows a side-by-side comparison of the shape development of a single dissolving pillar from experiment and simulation. Both methods show that an initially smooth apex is carved into an ultra-sharp spike.

Credit

NYU's Applied Mathematics Lab

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In conjunction with this study only

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