Chain Fountain Dispute

Why does Mould Effect happen? It might be exactly how you think it happens!

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By: Mehdi Sadaghdar

0:00 The Wager
1:15 Mould Effect Dispute
2:29 Chain Fountain Background
3:20 My Analysis of Mould Effect
9:53 My Tests to Confirm My Analysis

[MedlifeCrisis]

Steve is my boi but I'm Team Mehdi on this one. I hereby rename it the Mouldy Boom.

[MrArlenBrazill]

"It's a mechanical problem, so as an electrical engineer I'm over qualified, " had me in stitches.

[AT_Automation]

“Well its a mechanical issue so as an Electrical Engineer I am overqualified” is my favorite quote

[ShortHax]

Alright ElectroBOOM, I think you’re now ready to fight Veritasium...

[probusthrax]

"It's a mechanical problem. So, as an Electrical Engineer, I'm overqualified." 🤣

[luminescentlion]

"It's a mechanical problem so as an Electrical Engineer I'm over qualified" is probably the best thing I've ever heard.

[mrmilkshake]

I literally never know a centeral vacuum system exsisted, that's so cool!

[trungvy]

when he didn't zap himself, you know he's serious

[burstofsanity]

11:28 shows a perfect "Mould effect" loop in Steve's clip with the rigid linked chain. The effect is smaller than with the beaded chain but still very much there. It does seem to "reset" whenever the chain snags and takes a bundle of tangled chain over all at once.

[Чернобог-цж]

I love the way he says “negligible” so much that I’ve started saying it that way. Feels much better

[danielbruin]

Practical demonstrations instead of formulas, LOVE IT!

[rabik_dev]

“Mehdi constant” sounds pretty cool, that should be the official term.

[jeremyzee]

I want to see the behind-the-scenes footage of Medhi running down his hallway as fast as he can

[IllusiveChristie]

We saw this once happen on a tanker. The winch mechanism broke, and the anchor dropped so fast that the chain was whipping on the deck. The chain is massive and had so much weight it tore pieces of metal off around the hole where it normally comes out.

[CrimsonEclipse]

"There is a small force of gravity acting on the short length of chain. Let's ignore that. Let's also ignore friction for now."

Spoken like a true physicist.

[harlequingnoll]

"let's ignore friction for now" said every physics student always.

[romulusxyz]

I don't know you personally, but I love ya Mehdi. You are one of my favorite humans. I hope you continue to find happiness in educating all of us, because you are damned good at it.

Thank you for teaching us, and having a great sense of humor while doing so lol

[yahyaomer]

"Well, it's a mechanical problem, so as an electrical engineer I'm overqualified." This line killed me as a fellow electrical engineer :D. You probably just earned many haters Mehdi.

[fleinze]

1:40 "It's a mechanical problem so as an electrical engineer I'm over qualified" loving it

[Francoberry]

Pretty surprised at how messy that Cambridge study was. Why on earth would they use different bowls and introduce new variables? I'm not even a scientist and know this is a bad thing to do in research