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 ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 108, Section 3: JOURNAL OF ENGINES (1999), pp. 1654-1663 (10 pages) The high pressure injectors used in direct injection Diesel engines introduce major perturbations in the air ...

Using unconventional statistical mechanics to understand fluid dynamics, a professor helped solve a 150 year old physics problem of how turbulent fluids move through a pipe. In 1883 Osborne Reynolds ...

Aeroacoustics of road vehicles is becoming more and more important as it directly affects the comfort of the passengers. The tests made in the wind tunnel, in low-turbulence flow conditions, show ...

OSLO, Norway--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Turbulent Flux, a Software-as-a-Service flow simulation company, today announced a collaboration with Wintershall Dea to provide critical real-time well rate insights ...

People with mechanical heart valves need blood thinners on a daily basis, because they have a higher risk of blood clots and stroke. With the help of the Piz Daint supercomputer, researchers at the ...

The famous painting from Dutch post-impressionist Vincent van Gogh has sparked controversy among physicists. Two decades ago, a pair of physicists stood in a museum in Madrid contemplating the work of ...