When people are thinking of the future of space travel, an idea that floats around is a spaceship with a giant solar sail pushed along by a massive laser. Inspired by the concept but lacking a giant ...

Air rings blown by dolphins swimming underwater and rings of smoke emitted by jet engines are just two examples of vortex rings. These doughnut-shaped structures and their mesmerizing movement have ...

This project was inspired by several things—like large vortex cannons used to disrupt hail and a WWII German design meant to bring down aircraft using fuel-ignited vortex rings (though it was never ...

The study of vortex ring dynamics centres on understanding the formation, evolution and decay of toroidal vortices generated by pulsed fluid jets. These phenomena are crucial in a wide range of ...

You can check out my original video on this subject here: • How to Make a High Power Vortex Cannon Thanks to all my Patrons for helping me make these videos! A special thanks to my top Patrons: ...