The Ups and Downs of Air Turbulence
Ever wonder why sometimes the airplane you're flying on decides to lurch suddenly and cause your little baggie of peanuts to spill all over the place? Join Hank on SciShow today as he explores...
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(intro) If you've ever flown in an airplane you have probably felt it, whether you're cruising at 10,000 meters or are about to land, turbulence can be a frightening experience, but what's surprising to me is that some scientists have been afraid of turbulence too but for different reasons. Richard Feyman described turbulence as the most important unsolved problem of classical physics. And its scientific definition- turbulence is the flow of a fluid like air or water that is irregular, chaotic, and unpredictable. Mathematically, it is vexing which is why we continue to use wind tunnels when testing aerodynamics of airplanes and cars. We simply don't have computers powerful enough to model the complexities of turbulence. So when lay pe...
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(intro) If you've ever flown in an airplane you have probably felt it, whether you're cruising at 10,000 meters or are about to land, turbulence can be a frightening experience, but what's surprising to me is that some scientists have been afraid of turbulence too but for different reasons. Richard Feyman described turbulence as the most important unsolved problem of classical physics. And its scientific definition- turbulence is the flow of a fluid like air or water that is irregular, chaotic, and unpredictable. Mathematically, it is vexing which is why we continue to use wind tunnels when testing aerodynamics of airplanes and cars. We simply don't have computers powerful enough to model the complexities of turbulence. So when lay pe...
