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Re: Flow Scaling Problem/Riddle

From Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain>
Newsgroups sci.physics
Subject Re: Flow Scaling Problem/Riddle
Date 2015-11-15 23:45 +0000
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On Sun, 15 Nov 2015 22:30:49 +0000, Fabian Russell wrote:

> Hollywood often uses scaled down models to simulate real flow
> situations such as forest fires, volcanoes, ocean tempests, etc.
> 
> Can these simulations be easily detected by the human eye
> as fakes?  If so, how?
>

The answer has to do with turbulence.

Flows such a volcano or a billowing smoke stack are necessarily
turbulent and will manifest an "infinite" cascade of eddy currents
from the very large to the very small.

A small scale model of the above, however, will only manifest the
larger eddy currents.  The smaller eddies will be absent.  The
difference in the visible flow appearance should be quite plain
to the eye.

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Flow Scaling Problem/Riddle Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-15 22:30 +0000
  Re: Flow Scaling Problem/Riddle gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-15 16:34 -0600
    Re: Flow Scaling Problem/Riddle john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2015-11-15 17:08 -0800
      Re: Flow Scaling Problem/Riddle gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-16 14:22 -0600
  Re: Flow Scaling Problem/Riddle jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-15 23:00 +0000
    Re: Flow Scaling Problem/Riddle Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-15 23:15 +0000
      Re: Flow Scaling Problem/Riddle jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-15 23:25 +0000
  Re: Flow Scaling Problem/Riddle Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-15 23:45 +0000
    Re: Flow Scaling Problem/Riddle jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-16 00:00 +0000
    Re: Flow Scaling Problem/Riddle Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2015-11-15 16:12 -0800
      Re: Flow Scaling Problem/Riddle Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-16 00:27 +0000
        Re: Flow Scaling Problem/Riddle Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2015-11-15 16:45 -0800
          Re: Flow Scaling Problem/Riddle Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-16 00:54 +0000
            Re: Flow Scaling Problem/Riddle john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2015-11-15 17:01 -0800
            Re: Flow Scaling Problem/Riddle Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2015-11-15 17:16 -0800
        Re: Flow Scaling Problem/Riddle jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-16 01:29 +0000
  Re: Flow Scaling Problem/Riddle "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2015-11-15 16:48 -0800
    Re: Flow Scaling Problem/Riddle noTthaTguY <abu.kuanysh05@gmail.com> - 2015-11-16 13:29 -0800
      Re: Flow Scaling Problem/Riddle john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2015-11-16 14:42 -0800

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