Turbulence in nature refers to the complex, time-dependent, and spatially varying fluctuations that develop in fluids such as ...

Led by Go Yatomi, PhD, a physicist from the National Institute for Fusion Science, and Motoki Nakata, PhD, a physics ...

Background Have you ever watched water flow ... this causes the water to swirl and tumble as it flows by. This is called turbulent flow. The individual "swirls" are called vortices (the plural ...

There are two main types of fluid flow - laminar flow, in which the fluid flows smoothly in layers, and turbulent flow, which is characterised by chaotic motion and large amounts of mixing. In this ...

Figure 1: Localized and fully turbulent flow. At flow rates larger than those sustaining the regime of localized turbulent patches, the situation is fundamentally different: once triggered ...

While turbulent flow is chaotic and irregular, as a fluid’s movement causes larger vortices or eddies to form and break down into smaller ones, physicists have long attempted to study and model ...

Deciphering the universe’s secrets is partly done through observation, but just as important are solid models of the forces ...

Background Almost everything around us is ... Extra: Test out different water bottles. Do some show turbulent flow when water is poured quickly? Some water bottles have a small hole near the ...

“Imagine you are standing on a bridge, and you watch the river flow. You will ... mixes around with some background swirls and whirls in a fashion predicted by turbulence theory, following ...