The ballooning instability (a.k.a. ballooning mode instability) is a type of internal pressure-driven plasma instability usually seen in tokamak fusion power reactors or in space plasmas. It is important in fusion research as it determines a set of criteria for the maximum achievable plasma beta. The name refers to the shape and action of the instability, which acts like the elongations formed in a long balloon when it is squeezed. In literature, the structure of these elongations are commonly referred to as 'fingers'. The narrow fingers of plasma produced by the instability are capable of accelerating and pushing aside the surrounding magnetic field in order to cause a sudden, explosive release of energy. Thus, the instability is also known as the explosive instability. (Wikipedia).
Watch the explosive demise of a weather balloon
What happens when a weather balloon climbs too high? Learn more: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/watch-explosive-demise-weather-balloon
From playlist Materials and technology
Now You Know: Bursting Balloons
When you stick a needle in a balloon, the rubber tears—the balloon pops. But high-speed video reveals the details, and there are some surprises to be had. How does the rubber unzip as it tears? It’s different for a round balloon and a longer balloon-animal balloon. And if the balloon is fi
From playlist Now You Know
Show Me Some Science! Balloon Buoyancy
There’s nothing intrinsically “floaty” about helium. You can make a helium balloon that sinks, if it’s cold enough, as we see in this video. At normal room temperature, a helium balloon will rise, as you know. The weight of the rubber balloon plus the gas inside is less than that weight o
From playlist Show Me Some Science!
Related Rates of a Balloon (1 of 3: Describing the situation)
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From playlist Rates of Change
Balloon Buoyancy - What makes balloons float?
How do different air pressures effect how a balloon reacts? Does it matter what the balloon is filled with? Find out here! License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://k12videos.mit.edu/terms-conditions
From playlist Things that Fly!
Olivier Soulard: Pourquoi l'eau tombe-t-elle d'un verre qu'on retourne
Find this video and other talks given by worldwide mathematicians on CIRM's Audiovisual Mathematics Library: http://library.cirm-math.fr. And discover all its functionalities: - Chapter markers and keywords to watch the parts of your choice in the video - Videos enriched with abstracts, b
From playlist Mathematical Physics
Manipulating Aerodynamic Coefficients
In this video we discuss some potential problems you may encounter when attempting to perform operations with dimensionless aerodynamic coefficients such as CL and CD. Topics and Timestamps: 0:00 – Introduction 0:45 – Review of dimensionless aerodynamic coefficients 4:10 – Adding/subtract
From playlist Flight Mechanics
Evading Tippings in Spatial Ecosystems by Swarnendu Banerjee
PROGRAM TIPPING POINTS IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS (HYBRID) ORGANIZERS: Partha Sharathi Dutta (IIT Ropar, India), Vishwesha Guttal (IISc, India), Mohit Kumar Jolly (IISc, India) and Sudipta Kumar Sinha (IIT Ropar, India) DATE: 19 September 2022 to 30 September 2022 VENUE: Ramanujan Lecture Hall an
From playlist TIPPING POINTS IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS (HYBRID, 2022)
What makes BIRD STRIKES so dangerous?
Even today there is an aerodynamic phenomenon that is horrifying to most of airplane pilots; the compressor stall. This phenomenon can be triggered by a simple incident such as a bird strike. A compressor stall can lead to a total loss of engine thrust, severe vibrations and loud bangs in
From playlist Aerospace & Aeronautical
Aerodynamics - How airplanes fly, maneuver, and land
Covers lift, stalls, angle of attack, wing flaps, and many other topics. My Patreon page is at https://www.patreon.com/EugeneK
From playlist Physics
Curved-Active Membrane Proteins and the Spontaneous Formation of Cellular Protrusions..by Nir S. Gov
PROGRAM STATISTICAL BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS: FROM SINGLE MOLECULE TO CELL ORGANIZERS: Debashish Chowdhury (IIT-Kanpur, India), Ambarish Kunwar (IIT-Bombay, India) and Prabal K Maiti (IISc, India) DATE: 11 October 2022 to 22 October 2022 VENUE: Ramanujan Lecture Hall 'Fluctuation-and-noise' a
From playlist STATISTICAL BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS: FROM SINGLE MOLECULE TO CELL (2022)
Why Your Pee Looks Like A Chain
The first 100 people to go to https://blinkist.com/stevemould will get unlimited access for 1 week to try it out. You'll also get 25% off if you want full membership. Have you noticed the shape of your urine stream when you pee? It does this twisty undulating thing. But why? And why do th
From playlist Chemistry
Why pedestrian bridges wobble: synchronisation and the wisdom of the crowd
Oxford Mathematics Public Lecture: Alan Champneys - Why pedestrian bridges wobble: synchronisation and the wisdom of the crowd. In this lecture Alan Champneys argues that Mathematics is at its best when it challenges assumptions. For example the wobbling of the Millennium Bridge in London
From playlist Oxford Mathematics Public Lectures
What is the stratosphere? - Crash Course #2
Part 2 of my Crash Course in Atmospheric Physics. In this video we introduce the stratosphere, talking about dynamic instability in the troposphere, static stability in the stratosphere, asking why we should study the stratosphere, and introduce the first law of thermodynamics. If you wou
From playlist Crash Course in Atmospheric Physics
Why does a helium balloon flies forwards in a car?
Explaining why a helium balloon flies backwards when a car accelerators. This video is from a physics quiz try it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCMMwcmY0IA
From playlist Fun challenging physics quiz questions - with answers
Quantum Inflation in the Planck Era and Beyond by J. Richard Bond
DISTINGUISHED LECTURES QUANTUM INFLATION IN THE PLANCK ERA AND BEYOND SPEAKER: J. Richard Bond (CITA, University of Toronto, Canada) DATE: 15 January 2019, 17:00 to 18:00 VENUE: Ramanujan Lecture Hall, ICTS Bangalore How can physicists be so audacious as to declare all we see, hear and
From playlist DISTINGUISHED LECTURES
Paper Explains Why Our Solar System Has This Strange Shape
Good telescope that I've used to learn the basics: https://amzn.to/35r1jAk Get a Wonderful Person shirt: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: http://paypal.me/whatdamath Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will tal
From playlist Solar System
Self-Organization and Self-Propulsion of Active Biological Building Blocks by Jennifer Ross
PROGRAM STATISTICAL BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS: FROM SINGLE MOLECULE TO CELL (ONLINE) ORGANIZERS: Debashish Chowdhury (IIT Kanpur), Ambarish Kunwar (IIT Bombay) and Prabal K Maiti (IISc, Bengaluru) DATE: 07 December 2020 to 18 December 2020 VENUE: Online 'Fluctuation-and-noise' are themes tha
From playlist Statistical Biological Physics: From Single Molecule to Cell (Online)
Large-scale air-sea Interactions and Climate variability (Lecture 11) by B N Goswami
ICTS Summer Course 2022 (www.icts.res.in/lectures/sc2022bng) Title : Introduction to Indian monsoon Variability, Predictability, and Teleconnections Speaker : Professor B N Goswami (Cotton University) Date : 23rd April onwards every week o
From playlist Summer Course 2022: Introduction to Indian monsoon Variability, Predictability, and Teleconnections
37 Minutes of Camera Footage from a High-Altitude Balloon
This is the full video (augmented with display overlays/gauges) of our high-altitude balloon launch. For extensive details on the balloon, payload, and flight operation, see ‘A Comprehensive Guide to Launching a High-Altitude Balloon’ at https://youtu.be/E7JSeQEjvnY. All high altitude ba
From playlist High-Altitude Balloon