Reynolds Number (sed strat) @sumnerd

Reynolds Number (sed strat) @sumnerd

Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

The Reynolds Number is a measure of the amount of turbulence in a flow. It is used to quantitatively distinguish between laminar, transitional, and turbulent flows. In this video, I introduce the version of the Reynolds Number that sedimentologists typically use.

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