fyfluiddynamics's video: The Physics of the Boston Molasses Flood

In January 1919, Boston was home to one of the most surreal accidents of all time -- the Great Molasses Flood! Nicole explains the disaster and the physics that made cold molasses so deadly. Featuring original research by Nicole Sharp, Jordan Kennedy (Harvard SEAS), and Shmuel Rubinstein (Harvard SEAS). Written, voiced, produced, edited, and animated by Nicole Sharp. -------- Follow FYFD: Website: http://fyfluiddynamics.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/fyfluiddynamics Instagram: http://instagram.com/fyfluiddynamics Patreon: http://patreon.com/FYFD Follow Nicole: Website: http://nicolesharp.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/aerognome ------- Thanks to my Patreon patrons and FYFD supporters who help make FYFD and FYFD video possible! Patreon: http://patreon.com/FYFD FYFD Supporters: http://fyfluiddynamics.com/supporters ------- References Dorr vs. United States Industrial Alcohol Company Huppert, H. E., and Simpson, J. E., “The slumping of gravity currents,” J. Fluid Mech. 99, 1980. http://www.itg.cam.ac.uk/people/heh/Paper32.pdf Huppert, H. E., “The propagation of two-dimensional and axisymmetric viscous gravity currents over a rigid horizontal surface,” J. Fluid Mech. 121, 1982. http://www.itg.cam.ac.uk/people/heh/Paper47.pdf Kármán, T. von, “The engineer grapples with nonlinear problems,” Bull. Am. Math. Soc. 46, 1940. Puleo, S., “Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919,” 2004. Sharp, N. S., Kennedy, J., and Rubinstein, S., “In a sea of sticky molasses: The physics of the Boston Molasses Flood,” APS Division of Fluid Dynamics annual meeting, 2016. https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/DFD16/Session/L27.8 -------- Camera Nicole Sharp Joseph Shoer Research Collaborators Jordan Kennedy Shmuel Rubinstein Special Thanks To Molly Edwards Herbert Huppert Andrew Hyland Elena Kramer Kirsten Leary National Weather Service Stephen Puleo Social Law Library, Boston, MA Additional Media From The Boston Globe Archive The Boston Post Archive Boston Public Library cognito perceptu/Freesound.org goldkelchen/Freesound.org Google Maps Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism Pond5 Craig Smith/Freesound.org U.S. Army U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Geological Survey