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  2. Taylor column - Wikipedia

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    Taylor columns form above peaks in the South Scotia Ridge in the Southern Ocean. They affect circulation and mixing in the Weddell-Scotia Confluence where the Antarctic circumpolar current (ACC) and the subpolar Weddell Gyre mix. [10] The iceberg A23a is approximately 50km across and broke free from the Antarctic coast in 1986.

  3. Skewness - Wikipedia

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    In the older notion of nonparametric skew, defined as () /, where is the mean, is the median, and is the standard deviation, the skewness is defined in terms of this relationship: positive/right nonparametric skew means the mean is greater than (to the right of) the median, while negative/left nonparametric skew means the mean is less than (to ...

  4. Little–Parks effect - Wikipedia

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    In condensed matter physics, the Little–Parks effect was discovered in 1962 by William A. Little and Ronald D. Parks in experiments with empty and thin-walled superconducting cylinders subjected to a parallel magnetic field. [1] It was one of the first experiments to indicate the importance of Cooper-pairing principle in BCS theory. [2]

  5. Nonparametric skew - Wikipedia

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    In statistics and probability theory, the nonparametric skew is a statistic occasionally used with random variables that take real values. [1] [2] It is a measure of the skewness of a random variable's distribution—that is, the distribution's tendency to "lean" to one side or the other of the mean.

  6. Experiment - Wikipedia

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    An experiment is a procedure carried out to support or refute a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried. Experiments provide insight into cause-and-effect by demonstrating what outcome occurs when a particular factor is manipulated. Experiments vary greatly in goal and scale but always rely on ...

  7. Potential flow around a circular cylinder - Wikipedia

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    On the surface of the cylinder, or r = R, pressure varies from a maximum of 1 (shown in the diagram in red) at the stagnation points at θ = 0 and θ = π to a minimum of −3 (shown in blue) on the sides of the cylinder, at θ = ⁠ π / 2 ⁠ and θ = ⁠ 3π / 2 ⁠. Likewise, V varies from V = 0 at the stagnation points to V = 2U on the ...

  8. Magnus effect - Wikipedia

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    Streamlines immediately below the cylinder are curved with a larger radius than streamlines above the cylinder. This means there is higher pressure acting on the lower surface than on the upper. [15] Air immediately above and below the cylinder is curving downwards, accelerated by the pressure gradient. A downwards force is acting on the air.

  9. Wave nonlinearity - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] As waves shoal in the nearshore zone, in addition to their wavelength and height changing, their asymmetry and skewness also change. [3] Wave skewness and asymmetry are often implicated in ocean engineering and coastal engineering for the modelling of random sea states , in particular regarding the distribution of wave height ...