Fluid Motion at a Carnival
Pale Blue Pod
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Fluid Dynamics - The Difference Between Laminar and Turbulent
There are two types of flow, laminar and turbulent. Laminar flow is very streamlined. It happens when particles in a substance are flowing in parallel without mixing. Have you ever seen a video of a water stream where it doesn't look like the water is moving? That's turbulence. I have heard turbulence. Have you heard laminar? I don't think so. Yeah, it's a lesser known word. So anyway, what so fluid it's moving. It flows. What is making it flow? Yes, there are lots of things that can make a fluid flow move. One of them is gravity or any sort of propulsive force. Also wind convection.
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