One of the most famous and enduring of all fluid dynamics experiments is Osborne Reynolds’ pipe flow experiment, first published in 1883 and recreated in the video above. At the Keep reading
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Osborne Reynolds and Transition
How and when flow through a pipe becomes turbulent has been a conundrum for fluid mechanicians since the days of Osbourne Reynolds (~1870s): Typically, the laminar-to-turbulence transition is studied mathematically Keep reading
Reynolds on Transition
For although only the disciplined motion is recognized in military tactics, troops have another manner of motion when anything disturbs their order. And this is precisely how it is with Keep reading