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Vortex Ring Cannon


Boldrewood Innovation Campus

Building: 176

Room: Level 1, 1125

Age suitable for:
  • 5 - 7 years-old
  • 7 - 11 years-old
  • 11 - 14 years-old
  • 14 - 16 years-old
  • 16 - 18 years-old
  • 18+ years-old


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  • Loud sounds
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What do smoke rings, mushroom clouds and squid have in common? Vortex rings!

Join researchers from the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department at the University of Southampton and get hands-on to win a prize at our vortex ring cannon "coconut" shy.

Use lasers to see and discover the amazing aerodynamics of vortex rings.

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