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JoJoRenegade t1_iy5ap6v wrote

Reply to comment by flight_recorder in Surgeons work by flashlight as Ukraine power grid battered by scot816

Ahh mb thought the filters and positive pressure was laminar flow. Currently doing my clinicals for Scrub tech. I'm gonna need to touch up on or requirements

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robul0n t1_iy5u0d8 wrote

Laminar just refers to the state/mixing of the liquid, smooth stream down a calm brook would be laminar, white water rapids would be turbulent. The Reynolds number is just a convenient dimensionless benchmark (dependent on the geometry of the situation if memory serves me right) for defining the boundary between the two types, which is usually kind of fuzzy.

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JoJoRenegade t1_iy60t0p wrote

Yup, it's coming together, now. Saw a video on reddit of Laminar Flow, and my brain connected the two together. Good thing I didn't tell my preceptor that lmao

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