There are two main types of fluid flow - laminar flow, in which the fluid flows smoothly in layers, and turbulent flow, which is characterised by chaotic motion and large amounts of mixing. In this ...

Turbulent Flow When the flow is turbulent, the flow contains eddying motions of all sizes, and a large part of the mechanical energy in the flow goes into the formation of these eddies which ...

Whether a flow is laminar or turbulent is typically characterized using the dimensionless Reynolds number, defined as a characteristic velocity V times a characteristic length L divided by the ...

An example of why turbulence is said to be an unsolved problem is that we can’t generally predict the speed at which an orderly, non-turbulent (“laminar”) flow will make the transition to a ...

This is called laminar flow. If there is something in the water, such as a rock or a branch, however, this causes the water to swirl and tumble as it flows by. This is called turbulent flow.

Until now it had been assumed that, once a flow of a fluid has become turbulent, turbulence would persist. Researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria) including ...

The Laminar Lip Windscreen. So how is this piece of DOT-standard acrylic that is attached to the outside of the windscreen supposed to work? The word “laminar” is defined by Webster’s as “composed of, ...