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    Theory: Laminar Flow: Fluid Dynamics Streamline

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    Laminar flow occurs in parallel layers with no disruption between layers. Turbulent flow is chaotic with changes in pressure and velocity and is commonly observed in nature. The Reynolds number is a dimensionless quantity used to predict flow patterns and the transition between laminar and turbulent flow. It is the ratio of inertial to viscous forces within a fluid subjected to internal movement in a boundary layer.

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    Laminar flow occurs in parallel layers with no disruption between layers. Turbulent flow is chaotic with changes in pressure and velocity and is commonly observed in nature. The Reynolds number is a dimensionless quantity used to predict flow patterns and the transition between laminar and turbulent flow. It is the ratio of inertial to viscous forces within a fluid subjected to internal movement in a boundary layer.

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    Laminar flow occurs in parallel layers with no disruption between layers. Turbulent flow is chaotic with changes in pressure and velocity and is commonly observed in nature. The Reynolds number is a dimensionless quantity used to predict flow patterns and the transition between laminar and turbulent flow. It is the ratio of inertial to viscous forces within a fluid subjected to internal movement in a boundary layer.

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    Theory:

    Laminar Flow
    In fluid dynamics, laminar flow (or streamline flow) occurs when a fluid flows in parallel layers,
    with no disruption between the layers. At low velocities, the fluid tends to flow without lateral
    mixing, and adjacent layers slide past one another like playing cards. There are no cross-currents
    perpendicular to the direction of flow, nor eddies or swirls of fluids. In laminar flow, the motion
    of the particles of the fluid is very orderly with particles close to a solid surface moving in
    straight lines parallel to that surface. Laminar flow is a flow regime characterized by
    high momentum diffusion and low momentum convection.

    Turbulent flow:
    Turbulence or turbulent flow is a flow regime in fluid dynamics characterized by chaotic changes
    in pressure and flow velocity. It is in contrast to a laminar flow regime, which occurs when a
    fluid flows in parallel layers, with no disruption between those layers. Turbulence is commonly
    observed in everyday phenomena such as surf, fast flowing rivers, billowing storm clouds, or
    smoke from a chimney, and most fluid flows occurring in nature and created in engineering
    applications are turbulent

    Reynolds number:
    The Reynolds number (Re) is an important dimensionless quantity in fluid mechanics used to
    help predict flow patterns in different fluid flow situations. It has wide applications, ranging from
    liquid flow in a pipe to the passage of air over an aircraft wing. The Reynolds number is used to
    predict the transition from laminar to turbulent of flow.

    Definition:
    The Reynolds number is the ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces within a fluid which is
    subjected to relative internal movement due to different fluid velocities, in what is known as
    a boundary layer in the case of a bounding surface such as the interior of a pipe.

    The Reynolds number is defined as:


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