Background Research
Is it possible to shoot a whirling mass of air at somebody? German physicist Herman Von Helmholtz would contemplate the idea being true. In 1885, vortex-motion was first mathematically analyzed by Helmholtz. The vortex smoke motion has been in practice since smoking has. Vortices is a term used for a spherical vortex, Hills later terminology, which will be used frequently in the explanation/demonstration of my smoke ring project. The smoke ring project in theory functions with the following materials: a cylindrical object, lighter, paper, plastic wrap, elastic wrap/ tape(materials can vary). The theory states that there is a ring of air that comes from within the bottle to the outside with smoke moving forward in a spherical rotation. This is all due to the movement air particles inside the container. When individual taps the plastic wrap at the end of the container a mass of air moves through the surrounding air which creates a ring of smoke. The surrounding air and the air that is pushed interaction is considered friction, that in this experiment is the greatest phenomena that makes this experiment possible.
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