Dr. Neil Balmforth
RESEARCH INTERESTS


Cornstarch:


Cornstarch is a fascinating material...

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Custard
Custard
Roll waves on a flowing layer of an aqueous suspension of cornstarch
(photographs from a flume in my basement)
A pattern left in the rheometer
(the cone in a cone-and-plate rheometer was lifted up after a shear test)
Roll waves in cornstarch
Video: Roll waves
Video: Tearing and breaking liquid sheet
Video: Dancing threads

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