Shrimp claw shoots a savage shock wave

• Autores: Aylin Woodward
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3150, 2017, pág. 8
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Phoevos Koukouvinis at City, University of London, and his team simulated the snap of the pistol shrimp's claw. The team found that when this happens, friction between the fast-moving jet and the surrounding still water creates a swirling vortex. The vortex leaves a void in the center. Eventually, that void collapses, releasing a powerful pressure wave