Shear thickening:
"Walking on Water "El Hormiguero (Spanish for "The Anthill") is a
Spanish television program with a live audience focusing on comedy,
science, and politics running since September 2006. It is hosted and
produced by screenwriter Pablo Motos and airs on Cuatro, a Spanish
television station. Recurring guests on the show include Luis
Piedrahita, Raquel Martos, Flipy (the scientist), and puppet ants
Trancas and Barrancas.. . .The show achieved some international
attention in 2006 for having people
walk
across a swimming pool filled with a non-Newtonian fluid, an
oobleck of cornstarch and water that was mixed in a cement truck. This
experiment was performed in an October, 2006 episode of the show and
was repeated with a new batch of oobleck on the Christmas Eve special
episode due to its popularity." From
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Hormiguero, accessed 30Nov07:
The MIT National Committee for Fluid Mechanics Films (NCFMF) are
now on the web! They are available streaming and for purchase
download. The
notes are
there also in pdf form.
