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Why we actually need a large tank — similarity requirements of a hydrodynamic model

mglessmer — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 10:59:05 +0000

When talking about oceanographic tank experiments that are designed to show features of the real ocean, many people hope for tiny model oceans in a tank, analogous to the landscapes in model train sets. Except even tinier (and cuter), of course, because the ocean is still pretty big and needs to fit in the tank. […]

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Similarity requirements of a hydrodynamic model

mglessmer — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 04:05:31 +0000

Why downscaling only works down to a certain limit When talking about oceanographic tank experiments that are designed to show features of the real ocean, many people hope for tiny model oceans in a tank, analogous to the landscapes in model train sets. Except even tinier (and cuter), of course, because the ocean is still […]

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