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What is the difference between the Laminar Flow and Turbulent Flow?

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Question added by براء الغرايبة , مهندس ميكانيك , مقاولات
Date Posted: 2015/10/21
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by Deleted user

In simple words, in laminar flow each particles follows a steady path, each fluid particles never interfere, so velocity remains constant through, where as In turbulent flow, the pattern changes and particles interfere each other, as a result velocity of particles is not constant.

Gaber Boraey
by Gaber Boraey , Maintenance Engineer , lamps for lighting systems

Laminar flow characteristics is fixed with time, and the turbulent varied with time 

salah almudhhi
by salah almudhhi , Chairman and Director General , Environment Public Authority

In addition to the previous answer, in Petroleum engineering most of the theoretical derivation and imperical equations like Darcy's law are based on laminar flow for simplicity

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