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Name: Viscosity and Laminar Flow; Poiseuille’s Law
ID: m42209
Language: English (en)
Summary:
  • Define laminar flow and turbulent flow.
  • Explain what viscosity is.
  • Calculate flow and resistance with Poiseuille’s law.
  • Explain how pressure drops due to resistance.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: Flow, IV needle, Laminar, Poiseuille, Turbulence, Viscosity
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: OpenStax College (info@openstaxcollege.org)
Copyright Holders: Rice University (daniel@openstaxcollege.org)
Maintainers: OpenStax College (info@openstaxcollege.org), OSC Physics Maintainer (info@openstaxcollege.org)
Latest version: 1.3 (history)
First publication date: Dec 22, 2011 3:18 pm -0600
Last revision to module: Jun 6, 2012 4:49 pm -0500

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Version: 1.3 Jun 6, 2012 4:49 pm -0500 by OSC Physics Maintainer
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Version: 1.2 May 16, 2012 12:03 pm -0500 by OSC Physics Maintainer
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Version: 1.1 Dec 29, 2011 12:07 pm -0600 by OSC Physics Maintainer
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