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Laminar flow
Also known as
streamline flow
Occurs when the
fluid flows in
parallel layers,
with no
disruption
between the
layers
The opposite of
turbulent flow
(rough)
Laminar flow
In fluid dynamics (scientific study of
Laminar flow
Laminar flow over a flat
Turbulent
Flow
Laminar Flow
Laminar flow
3 Conditions
fluid moves slowly
viscosity is relatively high
flow channel is relatively small
Blood flow through capillaries is laminar flow,
Turbulent flow
Usually occurs when the
Turbulent Flow
The speed of the fluid at a point is
Examples of turbulence
Oceanic and atmospheric layers and ocean
currents
External flow of air/water over vehicles such as
cars/ships/submarines
In racing cars, e.g. leading car causes
understeer at fast corners
Turbulence during air-planes flight
Most of terrestrial atmospheric circulation
Flow of most liquids through pipes
Reynolds number
A dimensionless number in fluid mechanics
Dynamic Pressure : Shearing Stress
Thus, it quantifies the relative importance of these
Shearing Stress
Measure of the force
of friction from a
fluid acting on a
body in the path of
that fluid
Formula:
Weight
Density of
Water
Water
Average
Surface
water
Slope
depth
Reynolds number
Flow in a pipe or liquid
p is the density of the fluid
V is the mean fluid velocity
D is the diameter
Q is the volumetric flow
Dynamic Pressure
rate
fluid
v is the kinematic velocity of the
fluid
A is the pipe cross-sectional area.
Shearing Stress
Reynolds number
The Reynolds number can be used to
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1102
1103
Acknowledgements
http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~jtoro/geol101/strea
ms/laminar%20flow.jpg
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/3
28742/laminar-flow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laminar_flow
http://www.answers.com/topic/laminar-flow
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/files/imagec
ache/feature/files/20071217_physics.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbulent_flow#Ex
amples_of_turbulence
Acknowledgements
http://anordinarymom.files.wordpress.com/20
08/11/airplane-turbulence-copy.gif
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/reynoldsnumber-d_237.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_similitud
e
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/reynoldsnumber-d_237.html