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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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    fluid dynamics (CFD) is a branch of fluid mechanics that uses numerical analysis and data structures to analyze and solve problems that involve fluid...
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  • Eddie (redirect from Eddy)
    Look up Eddie, Eddy, or eddy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Eddie or Eddy may refer to: Eddy (fluid dynamics), the swirling of a fluid and the reverse...
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    physical chemistry and engineering, fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that describes the flow of fluids—liquids and gases. It has several...
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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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    The eddy covariance (also known as eddy correlation and eddy flux) is a key atmospheric measurement technique to measure and calculate vertical turbulent...
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  • In fluid dynamics, the entrance length is the distance a flow travels after entering a pipe before the flow becomes fully developed. Entrance length refers...
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    In fluid dynamics, eddy diffusion, eddy dispersion, or turbulent diffusion is a process by which fluid substances mix together due to eddy motion. These...
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  • applied fluid dynamics, turbomachinery and propulsion. Founded in 1956, it is located in Sint-Genesius-Rode, Belgium. The von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics...
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    (grinding) grain. Environment portal Water portal Coriolis effect Eddy (fluid dynamics) Rip current "Whirlpool - Facts and Information". World of Phenomena...
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  • A Newtonian fluid is a fluid in which the viscous stresses arising from its flow are at every point linearly correlated to the local strain rate — the...
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    Large eddy simulation (LES) is a mathematical model for turbulence used in computational fluid dynamics. It was initially proposed in 1963 by Joseph Smagorinsky...
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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 a...
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    Viscosity (redirect from Inviscid fluids)
    can appear in non-shearing flows in addition to shearing flows. In fluid dynamics, it is sometimes more appropriate to work in terms of kinematic viscosity...
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  • order to explain anomalous atmospheric blocking events and eddy structures in rotating fluids, and the first solution was obtained by Stern in 1975. However...
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  • Baroclinic instabilities in the ocean (category Fluid dynamics)
    the flow around an obstacle (as seen in the animation on eddy (fluid dynamics). Mesoscale eddies are circular currents with swirling motion and account...
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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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    dangerous to people standing behind the aircraft.) Batchelor vortex Eddy (fluid dynamics) Wake (of boats) Wingtip device "Aeronautical Information Manual...
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    In fluid dynamics, turbulence modeling is the construction and use of a mathematical model to predict the effects of turbulence. Turbulent flows are commonplace...
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  • In fluid dynamics, a Kármán vortex street (or a von Kármán vortex street) is a repeating pattern of swirling vortices, caused by a process known as vortex...
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    shift toward the right. Eddy (fluid dynamics) Flaw lead Francis Beaufort and the Beaufort Sea Transpolar Drift Stream "Dynamics: Circulation | National...
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  • Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of fire-driven fluid flow. The computer program solves numerically a large...
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    Laminar flow (/ˈlæmənər/) is the property of fluid particles in fluid dynamics to follow smooth paths in layers, with each layer moving smoothly past...
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    object. Most drag is caused by eddies in the fluid behind the moving object, and the objective should be to allow the fluid to slow down after passing around...
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  • (phenomenon) Echo sounding Echolocation (animal) Echolocation (human) Eddy (fluid dynamics) Edge wave Eikonal equation Ekman layer Ekman spiral Ekman transport...
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    Navier–Stokes equations (category Computational fluid dynamics)
    "The Boltzmann equation and fluid dynamics", in Friedlander, S.; Serre, D. (eds.), Handbook of mathematical fluid dynamics, vol. 1, Amsterdam: North-Holland...
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    fluid dynamics, the mixing length model is a method attempting to describe momentum transfer by turbulence Reynolds stresses within a Newtonian fluid...
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    to environmental engineering. Fluid mechanics has also been important for the study astronomical bodies and the dynamics of galaxies. A pragmatic, if not...
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  • Rouse number (category Fluid dynamics)
    The Rouse number (P or Z) is a non-dimensional number in fluid dynamics which is used to define a concentration profile of suspended sediment and which...
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    measurements of the ocean surface than ever before. Dynamic topography Eddy (fluid dynamics) SARAL Sea surface microlayer [In most absolute form, it may be expressed...
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