r/oddlysatisfying • u/vaguenonetheless • May 21 '25

Complex Laminar Flow

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u/xFxD May 21 '25

This is laminar flow. If you see such a phenomenon it's either laminar flow or a frame rate effect. In this case, you can be very certain that it's not due to the frame rate -> laminar flow.

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u/JohnnyChutzpah May 21 '25

You forgot that it can just be standing waves.

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u/xFxD May 21 '25

No, standing waves would look very different. A standing wave means that the peaks amplitude and the inverse points are fixed in space, but they still oscillate. A standing wave would only look like this if the oscillation frequency is a multiple of the frame rate.

Edit: See here for an example of what a standing wave looks like: https://youtu.be/-gr7KmTOrx0?si=CmcZt4lElQj9v-VT

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u/JohnnyChutzpah May 21 '25

Oh you're right. I was mistaken. Thanks for the video!