Fluid velocity fluctuations in a collision of a sphere with a wall

Ruiz-Angulo, A., Zenit, R., Pacheco, J. R. . & Verzicco, R.

Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 000 (200X), pp. 000-000

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Movie 1. Animation on the meridional plane separated by an angle &theta of the vortex structure visualized with the Q-criterion and vorticity field around a sphere during the collision with the bottom wall for Re=400. Download movie.

Movie 2. Vortex structure on the left visualized with colors of azimuthal vorticity using the Q-criterion (left) and contours of azimuthal vorticity &omega (right) during the collision with the bottom wall for Re=400. Download movie.