turbulent motion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofturbulentandmotion
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turbulent
adjective
uk/ˈtɜː.bjə.lənt/us/ˈtɝː.bjə.lənt/
involving a lot of sudden changes, arguments, ...
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motion
noun
uk/ˈməʊ.ʃən/us/ˈmoʊ.ʃən/
the act or process of moving, or a particular action ...
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(Definition ofturbulentandmotionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Apparently, therefore, his model does not simulate realturbulentmotionof atmosphere.
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Therefore, the formation of a blob, which is the result of plasmaturbulentmotion, should be considered as a relatively rare event.
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The vortices soon transformed into veryturbulentmotionwithin the horizontal layers, which grew continuously in a cellular pattern.
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The point is that, for 0 / > 1, there is additionturbulentmotionat the cathode.
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Additionally,turbulentmotionappears to have no ability to generate waves on the range of scales encountered here.
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At 8 = 0", there is noturbulentmotionvisible inside the cells a t any time.
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These unsteady flows, similar to the steady flows, have clearly defined regimes of laminar andturbulentmotionwith a transitional regime bridging the two.
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In the turbulent transport, the mechanism is associated with small-scale high-intensityturbulentmotionas well as large-scale slower motions.
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The accumulation dissipation energy pattern emerges in association with theturbulentmotionof water that underlies the formation of waves.
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It is also implied that anyturbulentmotionis much less important than the large-scale circulation.
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He was able to observe that with a large stable temperature gradient,turbulentmotion' collapses ' to a state resembling the nocturnal inversion.
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The fluid is in statistically steadyturbulentmotionmaintained by some stirring device.
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At this time, much uncertainty remains as to the exact role of buoyancy forces in the dynamics ofturbulentmotionand scalar transport.
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Consequently, the vanishing of the vertical heat transport is not a sufficient condition for the extinction ofturbulentmotion, as was previously assumed.
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We now suppose that the ambient fluid is inturbulentmotion, and in particular we shall assume that the turbulence is statistically stationary and homogeneous*.
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Now, it is also known that any weakturbulentmotionthat might be imposed on a uniform mean flow can be represented by this type of vortical velocity field.
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By 1945, research on turbulent flow had changed in emphasis from its earlier concentration on mean flow properties to attempting to describe and understand theturbulentmotionitself.
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The flow may show large-scale restratification while active turbulence persists at smaller scales, so that the vanishing of the vertical transport does not represent extinction ofturbulentmotion.
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