Movies in Quicktime format:


Long view of the wheel version of the experiment:

http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/nonlinear/movies/washboard_expt.mov



Ripples forming near onset (slow motion):

http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/nonlinear/movies/J300_near_onset_short.mov


Fully developed washboard (slow motion):

http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/nonlinear/movies/J301_developed_short.mov


Stroboscopic view of the plow version (large HD movie):

http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/nonlinear/movies/wash200_HD.mov


These are all Quicktime mpeg-4 format.


Movies in AVI format:


Ripples forming near onset (slow motion):

http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/nonlinear/movies/J300_near_onset_short.avi


Fully developed washboard (slow motion):

http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/nonlinear/movies/J301_developed_short.avi


Stroboscopic view of the plow version (large HD AVI movie):

http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/nonlinear/movies/wash200_HD.avi


YouTube and Flickr movies:


Long view, with mumbled commentary:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHCJgh30kNE


Slow motion movies, with titles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx7SHAlwR1Y


Stroboscopic view of the plow version (YouTube HD movie):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GduGTDWbc_M


Stroboscopic view of the plow version (Flickr HD movie):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nonlin/3663444274/

Washboard road

experiment

movies

Go here for embedded movies in Quicktime format.


Go here for a page discussing the experiment.


Go here  or here to download published papers on the effect.

Anne-Florence Bitbol, Nicolas Taberlet,

Stephen Morris and Jim McElwaine,


Physical Review Letters, 99, 068003 (2007).

Physical Review E, 79, 061308 (2009).