Laminar flow (/ˈlæmɪnər/) is the property of fluid particles in fluid dynamics to follow smooth paths in layers, with each layer moving smoothly past the...
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A laminar flow cabinet or tissue culture hood is a partially enclosed bench work surface designed to prevent contamination of biological samples, semiconductor...
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Airfoil (redirect from Laminar flow airfoil)
gradient along the flow has the same effect as reducing the speed. So with the maximum camber in the middle, maintaining a laminar flow over a larger percentage...
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Laminar Flow is an album by the American musician Roy Orbison. It was recorded at Wishbone Recording Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and released on...
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Laminar Aircraft Demonstrator in Europe (BLADE) is an Airbus project within the European Clean Sky framework to flight-test experimental laminar-flow...
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Newtonian fluid in laminar flow flowing through a long cylindrical pipe of constant cross section. It can be successfully applied to air flow in lung alveoli...
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In fluid dynamics, the process of a laminar flow becoming turbulent is known as laminar–turbulent transition. The main parameter characterizing transition...
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Reynolds number (section Laminar–turbulent transition)
Reynolds numbers, flows tend to be dominated by laminar (sheet-like) flow, while at high Reynolds numbers, flows tend to be turbulent. The turbulence results...
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Darcy–Weisbach equation (section Laminar regime)
f_{\mathrm {D} }} , the Darcy friction factor (also called flow coefficient λ). For laminar flow in a circular pipe of diameter D c {\displaystyle D_{c}}...
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generations. Laminar flow elements measure the volumetric flow of gases directly. They operate on the principle that, given laminar flow, the pressure...
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Nusselt number (section Flat plate in laminar flow)
characteristic of slug flow or laminar flow. A larger Nusselt number corresponds to more active convection, with turbulent flow typically in the 100–1000...
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Boundary layer (redirect from Boundary layer flow)
types of boundary layer flow: laminar and turbulent. Laminar boundary layer flow The laminar boundary is a very smooth flow, while the turbulent boundary...
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Turbulence (redirect from Turbulent flow)
turbulence or turbulent flow is fluid motion characterized by chaotic changes in pressure and flow velocity. It is in contrast to laminar flow, which occurs when...
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turned over to NASA Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility for supersonic laminar flow research for the High Speed Civil Transport (HSCT) program. The F-16XL...
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A laminar flow reactor (LFR) is a type of chemical reactor that uses laminar flow to control reaction rate, and/or reaction distribution. LFR is generally...
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airframes starting from MSN 216. By April 2019, Airbus was testing a hybrid laminar flow control (HLFC) on the leading edge of an A350 prototype vertical stabiliser...
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Boundary layer control (redirect from Natural laminar flow)
undesirable in aircraft high lift coefficient systems and jet engine intakes. Laminar flow produces less skin friction than turbulent but a turbulent boundary layer...
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Boundary layer thickness (redirect from Shape factor (boundary layer flow))
velocity profile shape which is useful in differentiating laminar from turbulent boundary layer flows. The profile shape refers to the y-behavior of the velocity...
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Skin friction drag (section Laminar flow)
parasitic drag. Laminar flow over a body occurs when layers of the fluid move smoothly past each other in parallel lines. In nature, this kind of flow is rare...
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for natural convection adjacent to a vertical plane, both for laminar and turbulent flow. k is the thermal conductivity of the fluid, L is the characteristic...
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Entrance length (fluid dynamics) (redirect from Entrance region in pipe flow)
number of the flow. In case of laminar flow, this length is given by: L h , l a m i n a r = 0.0575 R e D D {\displaystyle L_{h,laminar}=0.0575Re_{D}D}...
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Look up laminar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Laminar means "flat". Laminar may refer to: Terms in science and engineering: Laminar electronics...
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Northrop X-21A was an experimental aircraft designed to test wings with laminar flow control. It was based on the Douglas WB-66D airframe, with the wing-mounted...
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Bingham plastic (section Laminar flow)
description of friction loss for Bingham plastics in fully developed laminar pipe flow was first published by Buckingham. His expression, the Buckingham–Reiner...
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Seam-shifted wake (section Laminar flow and turbulence)
claiming smooth portions of the ball resulted in laminar flow, while seams resulted in turbulent flow. It has been shown that, were this the case in baseball...
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Residence time (section Laminar flow reactor)
in}}}-C_{A{\text{ out}}}}{-r_{A}}}\ } In a laminar flow reactor, the fluid flows through a long tube or parallel plate reactor and the flow is in layers parallel to the...
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viscosity-dominated laminar shear stress. Hagen-Poiseuille flow Plug flow reactor model Massey, Bernard; Ward-Smith, John (1999). "6.2 Steady laminar flow in circular...
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and altitude. Pushing the laminar flow to the limit could hinder handling qualities or structural efficiency, and laminar flow tends to be unreliable in...
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of some roughness at the microscopic level. The friction factor for laminar flow of Newtonian fluids in round tubes is often taken to be: f = 16 R e {\displaystyle...
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engineering as a sub-discipline of civil engineering is concerned with the flow and conveyance of fluids, principally water and sewage. One feature of these...
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