Sneezing produces complex fluid cascade, not a simple spray
Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 03:50
in Physics & Chemistry
Here's some incentive to cover your mouth the next time you sneeze: New high-speed videos captured by MIT researchers show that as a person sneezes, they launch a sheet of fluid that balloons, then breaks apart in long filaments that destabilize, and finally disperses as a spray of droplets, similar to paint that is flung through the air.