"Turbulence in neither two nor three Dimensions"
Walter Goldburg
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh
Abstract
We discuss a type of turbulence, frequently encountered in nature but which defies the conservation laws that apply to two- and three-dimensional turbulence. It is the chaotic motion of flotsam, boats, or buoys that float on a turbulent sea. In this study, the "sea" is a tank full of turbulent water,
and the "buoys" are 50 mm particles, whose motion is tracked photographically. Experimental results will be compared with a computer simulation of the problem.
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