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🔬 Fluid Inspirations #2

Theme: Self-propelled droplets

This week's inspiration: Jumbo Superwalking Droplets.

🔗 gfm.aps.org/meetings/dfd...

Source: APS Gallery of #FluidMotion 2025 – Video V006

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June 29, 2026 at 9:25 AM
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A floating ice block moves on water thanks to its own melting. Inclined bottoms create underwater jets as cold meltwater sinks, pushing the block. Could iceberg motion be partly self-driven?

🔗 physics.aps.org/articles/v19...

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Melting Gives Ice Block a Push
A floating block of ice with an asymmetric bottom is propelled through water by its own melting—a process that may be relevant for icebergs.
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April 17, 2026 at 9:47 AM