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John W. M. Bush
Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Publications - 201
Citations - 10947
John W. M. Bush is an academic researcher from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Drop (liquid) & Instability. The author has an hindex of 49, co-authored 192 publications receiving 8959 citations. Previous affiliations of John W. M. Bush include John Innes Centre & University of Cambridge.
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Violent expiratory events: on coughing and sneezing
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the results of a combined experimental and theoretical investigation of the fluid dynamics of such violent expiratory events, which reveals that such flows are multiphase turbulent buoyant clouds with suspended droplets of various sizes.
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The hydrodynamics of water strider locomotion
TL;DR: Experiments reveal that the strider transfers momentum to the underlying fluid not primarily through capillary waves, but rather through hemispherical vortices shed by its driving legs, leading to a self-contained mechanical water strider whose means of propulsion is analogous to that of its natural counterpart.
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Walking on Water: Biolocomotion at the Interface
John W. M. Bush,David Hu +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the hydrodynamics of creatures capable of sustaining themselves on the water surface by means other than flotation are considered, with particular attention given to classifying water walkers according to their principal means of weight support and lateral propulsion.
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Surface Tension Transport of Prey by Feeding Shorebirds: The Capillary Ratchet
TL;DR: This work has analyzed the subtle physical mechanism responsible for drop transport and demonstrated experimentally that the beak geometry and the dynamics of tweezering may be tuned to optimize transport efficiency, making clear the vulnerability of capillary feeders to surface pollutants.
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Dynamic topography produced by lower crustal flow against rheological strength heterogeneities bordering the Tibetan Plateau
TL;DR: In this article, the authors model dynamic stresses associated with the obstruction of lower crustal channel flow due to rheological heterogeneity and compare model calculations with observed topography of the eastern Tibetan plateau margin where they interpret channel flow of the deep crust to be inhibited by the rigid Sichuan Basin.