Turbulent flow while proceeding in a particular direction, like laminar flow, has the added complexity of random velocity fluctuations. The flow patterns never repeat themselves. To convince yourself ...

There are two main types of fluid flow - laminar flow, in which the fluid flows smoothly in layers, and turbulent flow, which ...

The tunnel operating conditions were chosen to give a Reynolds number range so that at the lowest Reynolds number the flow will be laminar (even on the tunnel walls), and at the highest Reynolds ...

During the devastating wildfires impacting several areas in Los Angeles, California, video taken by KTLA from the Palisades ...

The famous painting from Dutch post-impressionist Vincent van Gogh has sparked controversy among physicists. Two decades ago, a pair of physicists stood in a museum in Madrid contemplating the ...

Disease of the cardiac valves and other cardiac structures frequently results in abnormal, turbulent blood flow within the heart, causing murmurs. Careful auscultation of heart murmurs is an ...

Manhasset High School seniors Julian Sethna and Emily Zhao were named as semifinalists in the 2025 global Regeneron Science ...

IN a paper published in 1884, Prof. Osborne Reynolds 1 expressed the opinion that free surfaces, as found in open channels, tend to be “conducive to direct or steady motion”. Thus we should ...