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    hydrodynamics, a plume or a column is a vertical body of one fluid moving through another. Several effects control the motion of the fluid, including momentum...
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  • and topical guide to fluid dynamics: In physics, physical chemistry and engineering, fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that describes...
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    type of plume can often be found at marginal seas and shelf seas, such as in the North Sea at the mouth of the Rhine. Plume (fluid dynamics) Region of...
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  • up plume or plumes in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Plume or plumes may refer to: Plume (feather), a prominent bird feather Plume (fluid dynamics),...
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    In fluid dynamics, an eddy is the swirling of a fluid and the reverse current created when the fluid is in a turbulent flow regime. The moving fluid creates...
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  • and lower temporal variability, as compared to river plumes. Plume (fluid dynamics) River plume John Simpson. "Biography". University of Wales, Bangor...
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    Turbulence (redirect from Fluid turbulence)
    In fluid dynamics, turbulence or turbulent flow is fluid motion characterized by chaotic changes in pressure and flow velocity. It is in contrast to laminar...
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    Bernoulli's principle is a key concept in fluid dynamics that relates pressure, speed and height. For example, for a fluid flowing horizontally Bernoulli's principle...
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  • deep inside the Earth Plumes of heat studied in thermal pollution tracking. Fluid point sources are commonly used in fluid dynamics and aerodynamics. A...
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    Phreatic zone – Zone in an aquifer below the water table Plume (fluid dynamics) – Column of one fluid moving through another Vadose zone – Unsaturated aquifer...
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  • Entrainment (hydrodynamics) (category Fluid dynamics)
    transport of fluid across an interface between two bodies of fluid by a shear-induced turbulent flux. Entrainment is important in turbulent jets, plumes, and...
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    Christensen, U. R.; Theißing, J. (1995). "The dynamics of plume-ridge interaction, 1: Ridge-centered plumes". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 134 (1):...
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    breakup. The plume hypothesis was simulated by laboratory experiments in small fluid-filled tanks in the early 1970s. Thermal or compositional fluid-dynamical...
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    atmospheric processes was developed in the late 1960s at the NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory AOGCMs represent the pinnacle of complexity in climate models...
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    Reynolds number (category Fluid dynamics)
    In fluid dynamics, the Reynolds number (Re) is a dimensionless quantity that helps predict fluid flow patterns in different situations by measuring the...
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    Rayleigh–Taylor instability (category Fluid dynamics)
    symmetric "fingers" of fluid; for A close to 1, the much lighter fluid "below" the heavier fluid takes the form of larger bubble-like plumes. This process is...
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  • abyssal ocean circulation, thermals, plumes, viscous fingering and other areas of geophysical fluid dynamics." "Dr. Karl R. Helfrich". Woods Hole Oceanographic...
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    broader definition that includes the water cycle including snow and ice; fluid dynamics of the oceans and the atmosphere; electricity and magnetism in the ionosphere...
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    Strouhal number (category Fluid dynamics)
    "Scaling of the Puffing Strouhal Number for Buoyant Jets and Plumes". Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 895. arXiv:1904.01580. Bibcode:2020JFM...895A..26W...
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  • cavities, and plumes)\ Flow stability Turbulence Electromagneto fluid and plasma dynamics Hydromechanics Aerodynamics Machinery fluid dynamics Lubrication...
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  • Schneider flow (category Fluid dynamics)
    laminar plume with a large Grashof number, in the case where the fluid domain is bounded by a wall. When the jet Reynolds number or the plume Grashof...
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  • Self-similar solution (category Fluid dynamics)
    In the study of partial differential equations, particularly in fluid dynamics, a self-similar solution is a form of solution which is similar to itself...
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    In fluid dynamics, the starting vortex is a vortex which forms in the air adjacent to the trailing edge of an airfoil as it is accelerated from rest. It...
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    Laminar–turbulent transition (category Fluid dynamics)
    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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    High pressure jet (category Fluid dynamics)
    A high pressure jet is a stream of pressurized fluid that is released from an environment at a significantly higher pressure than ambient pressure from...
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    Turbidity current (category Fluid dynamics)
    remaining constant for a constant discharge. The lofted fluid carries fine sediment with it, forming a plume that rises to a level of neutral buoyancy (if in...
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    hotspots. The dispersal of hydrothermal fluids throughout the global ocean at active vent sites creates hydrothermal plumes. Hydrothermal deposits are rocks...
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  • CTAG (category Computational fluid dynamics)
    computational fluid dynamics model for the behaviour of air pollutants on and near roadways. CTAG stands for Comprehensive Turbulent Aerosol Dynamics and Gas...
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  • Gravity current (category Fluid dynamics)
    In fluid dynamics, a gravity current or density current is a primarily horizontal flow in a gravitational field that is driven by a density difference...
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  • Turbulent diffusion (category Fluid dynamics)
    to random and chaotic time dependent motions. It occurs when turbulent fluid systems reach critical conditions in response to shear flow, which results...
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