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The limiting case of the Venturi effect is when a fluid reaches the state of choked flow, where the fluid velocity approaches the local speed of sound of the fluid. When a fluid system is in a state of choked flow, a further decrease in the downstream pressure environment will not lead to an increase in velocity, unless the fluid is compressed.
Most lakes in the world occupy basins scoured out by glaciers. Glacial motion can be fast (up to 30 metres per day (98 ft/d), observed on Jakobshavn Isbræ in Greenland) [1] or slow (0.5 metres per year (20 in/year) on small glaciers or in the center of ice sheets), but is typically around 25 centimetres per day (9.8 in/d). [2]
Snow fences work by inducing turbulence in the wind, forcing it to drop much of its snow load near the fence. Bridge supports (piers) in water. When river flow is slow, water flows smoothly around the support legs. When the flow is faster, a higher Reynolds number is associated with the flow.
Bernoulli's principle states that an increase in the speed of a parcel of fluid occurs simultaneously with a decrease in either the pressure or the height above a datum. [1]: Ch.3 [ 2 ] : 156–164, § 3.5 The principle is named after the Swiss mathematician and physicist Daniel Bernoulli , who published it in his book Hydrodynamica in 1738. [ 3 ]
Measurements of discharge increase during spring and are highest in the summer, during which warmer temperatures promote the additions of meltwater. [7] Meltwater is a major contributor to many glacial stream’s annual water budget. [ 7 ]
The melting of Alaska's Juneau icefield, home to more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating. The snow covered area is now shrinking 4.6 times faster than it was in the 1980s, according to a new study.
There have been some lightning strikes and thunder rumbles near NC State’s campus Thursday, Smith said. ... Snow fell 85 times within ten days of those 642 times — that’s only 13% of the time.
The moving fluid creates a space devoid of downstream-flowing fluid on the downstream side of the object. Fluid behind the obstacle flows into the void creating a swirl of fluid on each edge of the obstacle, followed by a short reverse flow of fluid behind the obstacle flowing upstream, toward the back of the obstacle.