Intrinsic viscosity
Measure of solute's contribution to viscosity
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Infragravity wave
Surface gravity waves with frequencies lower than the wind waves
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Mass flow rate
Mass of a substance which passes per unit of time
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Kutta condition
Fluid dynamics principle regarding bodies with sharp corners
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Langmuir turbulence
Turbulent flow with coherent Langmuir circulation structures
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Stagnation temperature
Concept in thermodynamics and fluid mechanics
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Direct numerical simulation
Simulation in computational fluid dynamics
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Jiggle syphon
Combination of a syphon pipe and a priming pump
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Stokes flow
Type of fluid flow
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Capillary wave
Wave on the surface of a fluid, dominated by surface tension
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Coriolis–Stokes force
Concept in fluid dynamics
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Capillary pressure
Pressure between two fluids from forces between the fluids and tube walls
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Capillary condensation
Ability of porous media to condense liquid from an adsorbed vapor
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Complex fluid
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Film temperature
Temperature at the boundary layer of a fluid undergoing convection
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Eddy (fluid dynamics)
Swirling and reverse current in a turbulent flow regime
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Discharge coefficient
none
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Flow velocity
Vector field which is used to mathematically describe the motion of a continuum
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Droplet vaporization
Phenomenon in fluid dynamics
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Flow distribution in manifolds
Fluid dynamics study of flow distribution in parallel channels
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Hydroelasticity
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Kinematic wave
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Magnetorotational instability
Fluid instability that causes turbulence in accretion disks
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Lagrangian particle tracking
Technique in computational fluid dynamics
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Mach wave
Pressure wave
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Lorentz force velocimetry
Electromagnetic flow measurement technique
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Lubricity
Degree to which a lubricant reduces friction or wear
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Law of the wall
Relation of flow speed to wall distance
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Ludwieg tube
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Mach reflection
Supersonic flow phenomenon
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Potential flow around a circular cylinder
Classical solution for inviscid, incompressible flow around a cylinder
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Stagnation pressure
Sum of the static and dynamic pressure
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Plateau–Rayleigh instability
Fluid breakup of a falling stream
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Positive displacement meter
Flow meter
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Perrin friction factors
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Plug flow
Simple model of fluid flow in a pipe
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Oseen equations
Formulae for viscous and incompressible fluid flow at small Reynolds numbers
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Potential flow
Velocity field as the gradient of a scalar function
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Pressure head
In fluid mechanics, the height of a liquid column
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Rotameter
Device for measuring rate of fluid flow
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Sommerfeld number
Dimensionless parameter in fluid mechanics
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River mouth
End of a river where it flows into a larger body of water
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Stagnation enthalpy
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Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations
Turbulence modeling approach
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Sod shock tube
Test for the accuracy of computational fluid codes
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Shock polar
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Lubrication theory
Flow of fluids within extremely thin regions
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