Why Do Boats Make This Shape?

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  • čas přidán 20. 03. 2021
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    This video is about the "Kelvin wake" shape of water wakes behind boats - we talk about mach angle, dispersion, superposition of many waves, and how these all lead to the pattern of a wake. We don't get into Froude number though...
    REFERENCES
    Boat Wake Wikipedia Page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake
    Interactive Boat Wake Simulation: observablehq.com/@rreusser/di...
    Feynman Lectures on Water Waves: www.feynmanlectures.caltech.e...
    Building up a Boat Wake from V-Shaped Wakes: editor.p5js.org/aatish/full/b...
    Wave Dispersion: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispers...
    Mach angle shock waves:
    www.sciencedirect.com/topics/...
    Ship Wakes - Kelvin or Mach Angle? Rabaud and Moisy Paper: journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
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Komentáře • 835

  • @veritasium
    @veritasium Před 3 lety +1249

    It’s amazing to see those waves come together to make the recognizable wake pattern. I didn’t know it would be that complicated but it’s really interesting to think about

    • @shaunsfx3845
      @shaunsfx3845 Před 3 lety +5

      Hello

    • @pulkitmohta8964
      @pulkitmohta8964 Před 3 lety +11

      Can gravitational waves make similar or really different yet beautiful patterns from which we can do some awesome science?

    • @rtravkin
      @rtravkin Před 3 lety +17

      @@pulkitmohta8964 no dispersion for gravitational waves, I guess: they travel at a constant speed _c_ - or at least only a *very* dense matter can change that noticeably…

    • @nicepajuju3900
      @nicepajuju3900 Před 3 lety +7

      @@pulkitmohta8964 no because gravitational waves travel at the speed of light and u would have travel faster to create this phenomenon.

    • @harshpatel6419
      @harshpatel6419 Před 3 lety +3

      I think it is time to colloborate man

  • @flamingburritto
    @flamingburritto Před 3 lety +2030

    Appreciating the fact that i get content like this for free.

    • @juliang8676
      @juliang8676 Před 3 lety +10

      This

    • @ignacyn5346
      @ignacyn5346 Před 3 lety +28

      not really, you are paying with your time spent on ads, still its not too much I think :)

    • @juliang8676
      @juliang8676 Před 3 lety +13

      @@ignacyn5346 be quiet

    • @creativecreepyturtle1562
      @creativecreepyturtle1562 Před 3 lety +19

      Internet bills, your PC, electricity bills, your internet router

    • @AwesomeTiger267
      @AwesomeTiger267 Před 3 lety +21

      @@creativecreepyturtle1562 the content itself is free

  • @smartereveryday
    @smartereveryday Před 3 lety +1105

    Awesome video. Way more complicated than I thought!

  • @Barwasser
    @Barwasser Před 3 lety +2152

    0:31 "In this video, we are gonna explain exactly where this shit comes from."
    can't unhear it.

    • @l.w.1014
      @l.w.1014 Před 3 lety +243

      I don't even know what he really says. All I hear is shit

    • @Oscar-ud8xs
      @Oscar-ud8xs Před 3 lety +281

      @@l.w.1014 i think it's shape

    • @ArchangelExile
      @ArchangelExile Před 3 lety +41

      Lol, I was going to post this too but I think he said "shape".

    • @thebush6077
      @thebush6077 Před 3 lety +5

      bruh sammmeee

    • @samsalphie9218
      @samsalphie9218 Před 3 lety +5

      shift, maybe

  • @kswiorek
    @kswiorek Před 3 lety +404

    I just noticed that for some time these videos aren't actually hand drawn like the older ones. It took me a while to notice, which means that you managed to imitate the look quite well, but I miss the drawing a bit.

    • @2KOOLURATOOLGaming
      @2KOOLURATOOLGaming Před 3 lety +12

      Are you sure? I think they still draw some stuff like the boat, water waves and "dispersion" text.

    • @matthewhubka6350
      @matthewhubka6350 Před 3 lety +63

      @@2KOOLURATOOLGaming I think it’s tablet drawn with some imitation of a marker. It clearly isn’t hand drawn (if you only include paper in that) when you look at 0:40. They animated the sound waves, and there is no hand moving around like they used to have

    • @davidshi451
      @davidshi451 Před 3 lety +20

      On the other hand, this means we get more videos on a more regular basis! There's always a tradeoff.

    • @bored_person
      @bored_person Před 3 lety +7

      It allows for more complex visuals.

    • @NHCH
      @NHCH Před 3 lety +4

      If you look at 3:21 you can't tell that that isn't hand drown

  • @igoregalado5590
    @igoregalado5590 Před 3 lety +496

    It's a bit late at night, but they posted, so I'm now a *wake*.

  • @hauphan917
    @hauphan917 Před 3 lety +33

    Damn, I didn't even notice they all have that pattern. Thanks for making these all contents available for free.

  • @dj_laundry_list
    @dj_laundry_list Před 3 lety +246

    This is so good that I though I should leave a comment to boost engagement

  • @theglobalwarming6081
    @theglobalwarming6081 Před 3 lety +21

    Years ago when I was riding a boat, I thought about a way to know the speed of the ship I was riding in. I got the idea because I knew that the angle of the shockwave of a supersonic thing relates to its speed, so I looked outside expecting a fine, singular wave. I got surprised about what I found and asked myself why. Thank you for finally answering this

  • @scienceentanglement2180
    @scienceentanglement2180 Před 3 lety +165

    Lets appreciete the hours of investigating, animating, drawing... all this for free. Thank Minute of Physics

    • @yungmurakami6002
      @yungmurakami6002 Před 3 lety +4

      “Free” as in ads + paid promotion but yeah the gratitude is still there, it works for all.

    • @kirabey8946
      @kirabey8946 Před 3 lety +3

      @@yungmurakami6002 you dont pay sh*t for this quality content, that means its free.

    • @yungmurakami6002
      @yungmurakami6002 Před 3 lety

      @@kirabey8946 yes, I know I don’t pay for shit. I’m perfectly aware of that. But the channel is funded through ads and paid promotion. If that wasn’t the case, the quality and time put into the videos wouldn’t be the same, or they’d be far less frequent. You’re underestimating the fact that CZcams is a legit money-making platform. 🤡

    • @lilacdoe7945
      @lilacdoe7945 Před 3 lety

      @@yungmurakami6002 You're focusing on the creator's perspective. From the user/viewer perspective it is without any cost, especially if you have ad blocker, which means it is free. If OP said, "let's appreciate Minute Physics releasing this for free", you'd be correct, but with their wording, you are not.

  • @codyx8273
    @codyx8273 Před 3 lety +27

    i love learning things i never knew i wanted to know

  • @omercoh2
    @omercoh2 Před 3 lety +6

    0:39 this is a bit misleading, because light waves also disperse when not in a vacuum (which is always)

  • @joshuaferry2095
    @joshuaferry2095 Před 3 lety +61

    This definitely not a comment just to boost engagement because I really like this video.

  • @browzy2000
    @browzy2000 Před 3 lety +75

    Had to do a double take when he said “shit” 😂

    • @Zandezz.
      @Zandezz. Před 3 lety +4

      Same here

    • @tonydai782
      @tonydai782 Před 3 lety +13

      he said shape

    • @shade0636
      @shade0636 Před 3 lety +4

      @@tonydai782 Source?

    • @tonydai782
      @tonydai782 Před 3 lety +5

      @@shade0636 it makes more sense considering what the captions say

    • @shade0636
      @shade0636 Před 3 lety +4

      @@tonydai782 Yeah good point.

  • @LeonBlack666
    @LeonBlack666 Před 3 lety +4

    These are the questions we never ask but definitely need the answers of, and i can understand how amazingly hard it can be for someone to even think of such a question that is original and not already answered from other bigger channels , really great job mate.

  • @thephysicistcuber175
    @thephysicistcuber175 Před 3 lety +12

    I absolutely love fluid dynamics.

  • @animationspace8550
    @animationspace8550 Před 3 lety +6

    I appreciate you changing the thumbnail and title to make it more clear what you are explaining here

    • @kennarajora6532
      @kennarajora6532 Před 3 lety

      I had no idea he changed the title. Its only been 10 hours.

  • @kr8771
    @kr8771 Před 3 lety

    i really enjoy the pacing in your videos. and going back to put all the components into one concept really makes for a smooth finish. love it

  • @2Jackrabbit
    @2Jackrabbit Před 3 lety +6

    Now I wanna do physically accurate wake shader !! Thx minutephysics you're always amazing and straight to the point and leaving us with just enough to dig through if we want to get deeper, but with the proper terms.

  • @tuckerricklefs4830
    @tuckerricklefs4830 Před 2 lety +1

    You do a great job at explaining complicated things in a way that is understandable. Good job!

  • @sailorgeer
    @sailorgeer Před 3 lety +1

    Excellent video and awesome graphics to illustrate a complex topic in an intuitive manner! I’m an engineer who sometimes does navigation studies (including wake generation studies), and while I’m familiar with the math, this presentation makes the concept much easier not only to understand the physics but also connect the dots between textbook drawings of waves to what you actually see in real life. Well done!

  • @aok76_
    @aok76_ Před 3 lety

    I've always wondered about this and spent any boat ride just looking at these waves trying to figure them out. Thank you for this clear and beautiful explanation.

  • @kilimanjarocruz660
    @kilimanjarocruz660 Před 3 lety +1

    This is brilliant science communicating: Very interesting topic explained in an engaging way. Thanks, as usual, Henry!

  • @TheScienceBiome
    @TheScienceBiome Před 3 lety +2

    Ayy you are uploading much more frequently now, it's great to see!

  • @foxtp
    @foxtp Před 3 lety

    Never thought I'd be interested in the physics of boat wakes, but the way you present your content makes literally anything interesting. Great video!

  • @JohnSmith-gs4zv
    @JohnSmith-gs4zv Před 3 lety

    Wonderful! This was the most comprehensible explanation for wave dispersion I've ever seen!

  • @alexmakar9579
    @alexmakar9579 Před rokem

    Fantastic visualization of a surprisingly complex topic! Thank you.

  • @mousammallik7526
    @mousammallik7526 Před 3 lety

    This is good stuff. Appreciate your efforts, Henry.

  • @niteshpant1099
    @niteshpant1099 Před 3 lety +41

    the result was so satisfying that I started smiling at 2:55

    • @lonestarr1490
      @lonestarr1490 Před 3 lety +8

      And I started wondering, why no single videogame that includes swimming or boats got that right so far. It seems not too hard to implement. Would add a ton in terms of visual appeal.

    • @jemimahrajakumar7770
      @jemimahrajakumar7770 Před 3 lety

      Me too. It's so beautiful. And the way he says it, he sounds like he is happy too 😊

  • @TheOskay00
    @TheOskay00 Před 3 lety

    Learnt about this in wave mechanics last year, but this was a very intuitive explanation. Thanks for posting!

  • @user-sv7kh6ez8u
    @user-sv7kh6ez8u Před 3 lety +12

    So that is how hamon works! Finally, I understood it, not even all 8 chapters of JoJo let me know the exact method, but this channel do.

  • @Ashwini_SK
    @Ashwini_SK Před 3 lety

    WoW!!! fluid dynamics never fails to surprise me.

  • @kendallfield9557
    @kendallfield9557 Před 3 lety

    Watching this really made my day. Absolutely wonderful!

  • @falfires
    @falfires Před 3 lety

    This is a beautiful and elegant explanation of an equally beautiful and elegant phenomenon. Thanks

  • @muninnsmith7958
    @muninnsmith7958 Před 3 lety

    Yessssssss. I've been studying this!!!! Wooooooooo. I'm stoked to see you make a video on it!

  • @minhdatcongty7568
    @minhdatcongty7568 Před 3 lety

    This is extremely wonderful! I love this video! Thank sooooooo much!

  • @zane_sadauskis
    @zane_sadauskis Před 3 lety

    Such a simple solution but such a complex idea i love it, great work

  • @KnowArt
    @KnowArt Před 3 lety

    really really good explanation! well done

  • @UnlaunderedShirt
    @UnlaunderedShirt Před 3 lety

    Awesome video! Super clear and concise! Keep it up

  • @forrest7393
    @forrest7393 Před 3 lety

    really love the animation. It helps me to understand so much easier

  • @jamieNZ
    @jamieNZ Před 3 lety

    So insightful! I never knew wakes could be described like this

  • @eryndil
    @eryndil Před 3 lety

    Thanks! Over time I'd gotten lost in doing calculations and forgotten what a dispersion relation *really* is. These visual really help remind me of the physics underlying all of the math.

  • @juliang8676
    @juliang8676 Před 3 lety +1

    Doing a wave motion module at university right now and knowing a little about the actual maths behind this is lovely

  • @peterzhao3387
    @peterzhao3387 Před 3 lety +7

    Minute physics finally posts minute videos again

  • @robertschlesinger1342
    @robertschlesinger1342 Před 3 lety

    Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video.

  • @likithstochastic
    @likithstochastic Před 3 lety

    Brilliant analysis! I always thought about this, but never in terms of dispersion.

  • @Lotschi
    @Lotschi Před 3 lety

    Wow, I love this video!
    Really interesting and well explained.

  • @GeekyMan
    @GeekyMan Před 3 lety

    This is soooo cool!😍😍 Thank you for sharing this kind of super cool interesting facts with us.

  • @rev_dude
    @rev_dude Před 3 lety

    Another episode of things I didn't know I needed to know but know now after a well made, concise video

  • @bralex6669
    @bralex6669 Před 2 lety

    Videos like this is why I love this channel.

  • @spacejelly2910
    @spacejelly2910 Před 3 lety

    This is beautiful! Thank you for sharing

  • @tinytwinkels7113
    @tinytwinkels7113 Před 3 lety +1

    your all videos are very helpful for all

  • @VAM_Physics_and_Engineering

    I always wondered about this ever since I was a child.. Thanks for making this.

  • @vishwajeetprasad1729
    @vishwajeetprasad1729 Před 3 lety +1

    Great video. Never think about it in this way

  • @ciaaagent
    @ciaaagent Před 3 lety

    Beautiful knowledge as always

  • @jvrcorna14
    @jvrcorna14 Před 3 lety

    So simple, yet so beautiful!

  • @metropolisss
    @metropolisss Před 3 lety

    I’m loving these videos! Thanks for the effort. Always very nice illustrations. May I suggest something? It would be great if you did videos with black backgrounds and white drawings. That would be much better for the eye and the battery of the device too ;)

  • @buckyball2003
    @buckyball2003 Před 3 lety

    This video reminded me of why I love Physics. Thank you so much.

  • @adamiotime
    @adamiotime Před 3 lety +1

    This was just... Beautiful.

  • @NullNoxproduction
    @NullNoxproduction Před 3 lety

    Great video with wonderful value. 😃

  • @joshyoung1440
    @joshyoung1440 Před rokem

    Video was cool and all but I just wanted to appreciate the use of a very nice iv-I release in the figured bass of your background music. I'm seeing more expressive themes while still working in a universally safe sort of space, well done.

  • @joshuahendrickson8694
    @joshuahendrickson8694 Před 3 lety

    I love your concise videos, and this is no exception! I do prefer the old music better with the single bass. Having the music at a low frequency, away from your mid vocal range is less distracting.

  • @bastscho
    @bastscho Před 3 lety

    The single lines combining to the complete shape is magical!

  • @ryanbegley7098
    @ryanbegley7098 Před 3 lety

    Absolutely love this channel

  • @PendoraBox
    @PendoraBox Před 3 lety +13

    Finnaly one of my childhood questions are answered. Thank you physics minutes

  • @pdr.
    @pdr. Před 3 lety

    At first I thought this topic would be way too hard for me to understand, but this explanation made it so simple! Thanks.

  • @BeeWhere
    @BeeWhere Před 3 lety

    Love this type of content. Thanks form teaching the world :)

  • @TruthNerds
    @TruthNerds Před 3 lety +1

    Very impressive! One little clarification for 0:43 : The speed of sound in an ideal gas varies only by temperature and not e.g. by pressure. Specifically, it is proportional to the square root of absolute temperature, which is the result of particle speeds in a Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution.[1]
    It varies by altitude because temperature does, but you can't really say it's 343 m/s in dry air at sea level because sea level does not imply a specific temperature.
    [1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell%E2%80%93Boltzmann_distribution

  • @nikolasscholz7983
    @nikolasscholz7983 Před 3 lety

    Awesome explanation, thank you! I'm surprised that the dispersion relation seems so simple though. For light in glass those dispersion relations tend to get quite complicated

  • @Liugreenslade
    @Liugreenslade Před rokem

    This was both awesome and beautiful

  • @geohistoryindia1209
    @geohistoryindia1209 Před 3 lety

    Love 💝 your amazing work
    From Curious Physics 🔥

  • @pershae88
    @pershae88 Před 3 lety

    Nice info. Thanks

  • @jyothishtr6460
    @jyothishtr6460 Před 3 lety

    You have started uploading again love your channel sir❤️

  • @allenholloway5109
    @allenholloway5109 Před 3 lety

    This is amazing, thank you.

  • @pvic6959
    @pvic6959 Před 3 lety

    This was a question I didnt know I had. Thank you!

  • @jackpisso1761
    @jackpisso1761 Před 3 lety

    Really nice. Thanks.

  • @mumblbeebee6546
    @mumblbeebee6546 Před 3 lety

    Very cool, thank you!

  • @Thelocalpsychopath
    @Thelocalpsychopath Před 3 lety

    Wonderful! I have often thought of this but never figured out the physics in my head! Now I'm really curious how to calculate this angles and why they're always the same...

  • @ChariotduNord
    @ChariotduNord Před 3 lety

    wow this is so cool!! when all those lines added up my jaw dropped

  • @StevensSounds
    @StevensSounds Před 3 lety

    This is so fascinating!

  • @alveolate
    @alveolate Před 3 lety

    the progression in the video is just so satisfying... you get a buncha video clips, all these simple concepts, lines, wavelengths, and then BOOM you get a 3D rendering that looks EXACTLY like the clips at the start.
    won't be long before we get a supercomputer to render all the particles on earth in real time.

  • @kaustubhhirve7734
    @kaustubhhirve7734 Před 3 lety +1

    simply fantastic

  • @rasmotololopunjave
    @rasmotololopunjave Před 3 lety

    This was absolutly amazing

  • @jackjac
    @jackjac Před 3 lety

    I really liked the 3D animation, good job on the visualisation.

  • @zell189
    @zell189 Před 3 lety

    This is so interesting and fascinating , i always wondered wtf happen to ship waves

  • @MSavva91
    @MSavva91 Před 4 měsíci

    One of the best physics videos I've seen on CZcams

  • @bloodspatteredguitar
    @bloodspatteredguitar Před 3 lety

    It's been a long time since a science video gave me a mouth wide open stunned moment. Thank you Henry!

  • @13thravenpurple94
    @13thravenpurple94 Před rokem

    Great work 🥳🥳🥳 Thank youuuu 💜💜💜

  • @KijasFX
    @KijasFX Před 2 lety +1

    Awesome and very well explained. I work in 3D and would love to hear more about how you generated this 3D image 3:00. Thanks!

  • @eduliborio8
    @eduliborio8 Před 3 lety

    Amazing video!

  • @eplumer
    @eplumer Před 3 lety

    This was awesome explanation

  • @calmeilles
    @calmeilles Před 3 lety

    Monday's are quite dull in my subscriptions so a new Minutephysics video makes the whole day much, much better. 😀

  • @flakmoppen
    @flakmoppen Před 3 lety

    Man I love this channel.

  • @daaknait
    @daaknait Před 3 lety

    Thanks, this was great. I was wondering about this last summer, as I was watching boats and the wave patterns from a cliff. My SO doesn't share my appreciation of fluid dynamics for some reason though.

  • @phyrohit
    @phyrohit Před 3 lety

    Great explanation

  • @markschreyer6017
    @markschreyer6017 Před 3 lety

    Very great visuals

  • @gorisenke
    @gorisenke Před 3 lety

    I dont know i needed to know this, but I guess I did, and now I do. That's some great information.

  • @Alexander_Sannikov
    @Alexander_Sannikov Před 3 lety

    might be overall one of the best short videos on physics out there.

  • @waqqiali2960
    @waqqiali2960 Před 3 lety +1

    Once again, nailed it.

  • @stephanieparker1250
    @stephanieparker1250 Před 3 lety +6

    Great way to “wake” up, a notification of a new Minute Physics video! 🙌