Motion Flashcards

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Laminar vs Turbulent

A

Laminar- one direction one speed

Turbulent- many directions many speeds

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Laminar–> Turbulent

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Can happen at any boundary of different densities, air vs water, two layers of waters.

caused by frictions.

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3
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Reynolds Number

A

standard measure in fluid mechanics of the ratio of inertial
and viscous forces in a flow. Re = inertial forces/viscous forces =
turbulent flow/laminar flow

Flow is laminar when Re is low

small organisms have small Re

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4
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Turbulent water (eddies) (Kz)

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Is a measure of the rate of exchange or intensity of
mixing across a plane.

without motion, Eddies exchange heat and gas diffusions

happens more in the epilimnion

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5
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WIND

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Epilimnion mixed by surface wind waves, currents, gyres,

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Motion in the epilimnion/ Ekman spiral

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Coriolis Effect, surface 45 degrees right of wind direction in northern hemisphere

Motivated by wind

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Surface waves

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wind pushes water and creates a spiral of force

the wave of force moves in a circle , Water only moves up and down

Surface waves become smaller as they go down

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8
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Langmuir Circulation

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Upwelling (divergence zone)- brings up sediments

downwelling (convergence zone)

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9
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Surface Seiches

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Massive waves that shove the entire lake around

caused by strong consistent winds

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Motion in the metalimnion - stratified conditions

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Internal gravity waves- Nodes are where the thermocline tilt or bend.

Kelvin-Helmholtz mixing -funny waves of metalimnion that leave a pace of it in the epilimnion

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