Question

Write the differences between laminas/streamline flow and turbulent flow.

Answer 1

1. Laminar Flow

• Layered flow with one layer of fluid sliding smoothly over the other. 
• Reynold’s No. < 1000 
• Observed usually in flow through porous materials. 

2. Turbulent 

• Haphazard flow with rapid and continuous mixing of fluid resulting in momentum transfer. 
• Reynold’s No. > 2000 
• Pipeline flow, river flow, etc.