Walking on Water: USU Researchers Unravel Science of Skipping Spheres | College of Engineering

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USU College of Engineering

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Feb. 4, 2016 – It takes a perfect flick of the wrist and just the right angle to get a disk-shaped stone to skip across the surface of the water multiple times. So why is it so easy to get such impressive water-skipping performance from an elastic ball with only a mediocre launch?

Publisher

Utah State University

Publication Date

2-4-2016

City

Logan, UT

Keywords

skipping stones, skipping spheres, water-skipping performance, water surface, water impact physics

Disciplines

Engineering

Recommended Citation

USU College of Engineering, "Walking on Water: USU Researchers Unravel Science of Skipping Spheres | College of Engineering" (2016). College of Engineering News. 118.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/engineering_news/118