Traveling is extremely arduous for microscopic sperm -- think of a human trying to swim in a pool made of...other humans. We can compare the journey of a sperm to that of a sperm whale by calculating the Reynolds number, a prediction of how fluid will behave, often fluctuating due to size of the swimmer. Aatish Bhatia explores the great (albeit tiny) sperm's journey.
Lesson by Aatish Bhatia, animation by Brad Purnell.
Showing posts with label Reynolds Number. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reynolds Number. Show all posts
Saturday, 5 October 2013
Tuesday, 9 July 2013
Fundamentals of Boundary Layers
Frederick H. Abernathy, Harvard University
National Committee for Fluid Mechanics Films, 1970
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National Committee for Fluid Mechanics Films, 1970
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Saturday, 19 January 2013
Low-Reynolds-Number Flows
National Committee for Fluid Mechanics Films
Sir Geoffrey Taylor, Cambridge University
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Sir Geoffrey Taylor, Cambridge University
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Sunday, 1 January 2012
Reynolds Number - Sixty Symbols
Wind blowing over volcanoes, planes flying through air and Jupiter's Great Red Spot. A Reynolds Number plays a role in all of them.
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