Amador C. Muriel
Center for Theoretical and Computational Sciences
(World Laboratory)
http://doi.org/10.57043/transnastphl.2001.5103
Abstract
We analyze existing data on the onset of turbulence for pipe flow in the light of a molecular theory for the onset of turbulence. In contrast to the use of derived quantities for characterizing the onset of turbulence, such as the Reynolds number, we restrict our data and analysis using observable quantities such as molecular properties and critical velocities. We find a rationale for the molecular origin of turbulence, in contrast to the exclusive use of continuum theory.