🌪️ Fluid Smoke Tunnel

Aerodynamic wind tunnel museum exhibit. Visualize laminar airflow, von Kármán vortex shedding, and lift/drag forces around aerodynamic obstacles.

CLICK/DRAG TO INJECT SMOKE DYE STREAMLINES Re ≈ 1,420 (Turbulent Wake)

LIFT FORCE (C_L)

+0.12

DRAG FORCE (C_D)

0.84

FLOW VELOCITY

32.0 m/s

ACTIVE PARTICLES

600

Wind Speed 32 m/s

Angle of Attack 8°

Smoke Lines 18 Lines

🌪️ Von Kármán Vortex Street: As fluid flows past a blunt body at critical Reynolds numbers, alternating vortices peel off from opposite sides of the obstacle in periodic oscillation. This causes periodic lift oscillations responsible for singing power cables, flutter in bridges, and aircraft turbulence.

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