Rheoscopic fluid (Pearl Swirl) shows turbulent boundary layers in shallow channel flow.

Rheoscopic fluid (Pearl Swirl) shows turbulent boundary layers in shallow channel flow.

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2014, 2014 Team Third, Flow Categories, Flow Vis Techniques, Images, Media, Mixing, Rheoscopic Fluid, Turbulence, Wakes, Jets, Shear, z Class & Assignment

By Melissa Blackstun and Jason Brownstein for Spring 2014 Team Third.
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A von Karman vortex street forms in the wake of a cylinder in shallow channel flow, visualized with a rheoscopic fluid (Pearl Swirl).

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