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Reynolds Number - Numberphile
Numberphile with Tom Crawford of Oxford explains the Reynolds number, the second of three videos on Navier-Stokes and fluid flow, with demonstrations of laminar versus turbulent behavior.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it as an accessible layperson's introduction to the Reynolds number and fluid dynamics scales.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Numberphile
- Topic
- fluid dynamics
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2019–2021
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I think this is a good lay-person's introduction to basis of Kolmogorov's length scale, specifically the Reynold's number: [VIDEO]
eindiran on Hacker News · 2019-12
In First mathematical proof for a key law of turbulence in fluid mechanicsThank you for writing out this comment! Even in the Age of the Internet, being able to put your hands on the right review paper is not given at all My girlfriend and I both have mental health issues and that is most of my …
bgilroy26 on Hacker News · 2020-11
In Single-Celled Organism Appears to Make Decisions (2019)When it comes to fluids (and gases) the keyword you are looking for the the Navier-Stokes equation. In most cases gases and fluids can be handled essentially the same way. There is pretty a good video introduction to Navier-Stokes here: [LINK] (part 1) and [VIDEO] …
dagw on Hacker News · 2021-08
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