Osborne Reynolds
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Osborne Reynolds was an Irish-born British innovator in the understanding of fluid dynamics. Separately, his studies of heat transfer between solids and fluids brought improvements in boiler and conde
Osborne Reynolds in 1903
Reynolds' experiment on fluid dynamics in pipes
Reynolds' observations of the nature of the flow in his experiments
Laminar–turbulent transition
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In fluid dynamics, the process of a laminar flow becoming turbulent is known as laminar–turbulent transition. The main parameter characterizing transition is the Reynolds number.
Osborne Reynolds
…in Somerset. He was buried at the Church of St Decuman, Watchet. Reynolds most famously studied the conditions in which the flow of fluid in pipes transitioned from laminar flow to turbulent flow. In 1883 Reynolds demonstrated the transition to turbulent flow in a classic experiment in which he examined the…
The plume from an ordinary candle transitions from laminar to turbulent flow in this Schlieren photograph.