In fluid dynamics, Rayleigh flow (after English physicist Lord Rayleigh) refers to frictionless, non-adiabatic fluid flow through a constant-area duct...
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the Rayleigh number (a dimensionless number associated with natural convection), Rayleigh flow, the Rayleigh–Taylor instability, and Rayleigh's criterion...
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compressible flow textbooks. A given flow with a constant duct area can switch between the Fanno and Rayleigh models at these points. Rayleigh flow Mass injection...
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fluid mechanics, the Rayleigh number (Ra, after Lord Rayleigh) for a fluid is a dimensionless number associated with buoyancy-driven flow, also known as free...
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result pertains to the fact that the flow is stable for μ > η 2 {\displaystyle \mu >\eta ^{2}} , consistent with Rayleigh's criterion. However, there are also...
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Rayleigh criterion may refer to: Angular resolution § The Rayleigh criterion, optical angular resolution Taylor–Couette flow § Rayleigh's criterion, instability...
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In fluid thermodynamics, Rayleigh–Bénard convection is a type of natural convection, occurring in a planar horizontal layer of fluid heated from below...
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Rayleigh flow Rayleigh number Rayleigh problem Rayleigh Still 22740 Rayleigh Rayleigh 75°36′S 240°54′W / 75.6°S 240.9°W / -75.6; -240.9 (Rayleigh), a Martian...
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Rayleigh may refer to: Rayleigh scattering Rayleigh–Jeans law Rayleigh waves Rayleigh (unit), a unit of photon flux named after the 4th Baron Rayleigh...
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the flow is assumed to be steady and one-dimensional, and mass is added within the duct. Because the flow is adiabatic, unlike in Rayleigh flow, the...
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The Rayleigh–Taylor instability, or RT instability (after Lord Rayleigh and G. I. Taylor), is an instability of an interface between two fluids of different...
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study of stability of parallel viscous flow – reduces to Rayleigh's equation when the viscosity is zero. Rayleigh's equation, together with appropriate boundary...
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addition, known as Rayleigh flow, then by the nozzle to a higher exit velocity than that which occurs without the afterburner. The mass flow is also slightly...
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close the Fanno flow equation, a model for this friction term is needed. Such a closure involves problem-dependent assumptions. Rayleigh flow equation. Consider...
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boundary to Fanno flow. Fanno flow Isentropic process Rayleigh flow Shapiro, A.H., The Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Compressible Fluid Flow, Volume 1, Ronald...
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Hydrodynamic stability (redirect from Instability of inviscid flow)
therefore the disturbance will grow and lead to the turbulent flow associated with Rayleigh–Taylor instabilities. This phenomenon can be seen in interstellar...
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Convection (redirect from Convective flow)
below upward, without causing fluid flow. As the heat flow is increased, above a critical value of the Rayleigh number, the system undergoes a bifurcation...
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In fluid dynamics, Rayleigh problem also known as Stokes first problem is a problem of determining the flow created by a sudden movement of an infinitely...
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Fluid dynamics (redirect from Fluid flow)
fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that describes the flow of fluids — liquids and gases. It has several subdisciplines, including aerodynamics...
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Mach number (section High-speed flow around objects)
formula to compute Mach number in a supersonic compressible flow is derived from the Rayleigh supersonic pitot equation: p t p = [ γ + 1 2 M 2 ] γ γ − 1...
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differences between laminar and turbulent pipe flow. 1885 – Lord Rayleigh predicts the existence of Rayleigh surface waves. 1885 – Helmholtz describes the...
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viscous/wall/nozzle/relaxation/homogeneous/particle damping, mean-flow effects, et, that are not accounted in Rayleigh's analysis. Darrieus–Landau instability Diffusive–thermal...
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velocity if the entry Mn were too high (Rayleigh flow). The compressor and turbine, as well as having to pass the same flow, turn together so the speeds have...
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Navier–Stokes equations (redirect from Viscous flow)
Pressure-correction method Primitive equations Rayleigh–Bénard convection Reynolds transport theorem Stokes equations Supersonic flow over a flat plate Vlasov equation...
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In fluid dynamics, the Plateau–Rayleigh instability, often just called the Rayleigh instability, explains why and how a falling stream of fluid breaks...
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Nusselt number (section Flat plate in laminar flow)
motionless fluid. It is a dimensionless number, closely related to the fluid's Rayleigh number.: 466 A Nusselt number of order one represents heat transfer by...
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This is a list of fluid flows named after people (eponymous flows). Eponym List of hydrodynamic instabilities named after people List of laws in science...
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instability in plasmas) Rayleigh–Taylor instability Saffman–Taylor instability Plateau-Rayleigh instability (similar to the Rayleigh–Taylor instability) Richtmyer-Meshkov...
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Gas kinetics (section Friction and compressible flow)
mechanics and thermodynamics, gas dynamics arises from the studies of gas flows in transonic and supersonic flights. To distinguish itself from other sciences...
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certain that the flow is stable. This criterion was formulated by Hsiao-Lan Kuo and is based on Rayleigh's equation named after the Lord Rayleigh who first introduced...
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