Researchers discovered a way to reverse the direction of energy flow in turbulence, challenging a theory that has stood for ...

ADELPHI, Md. -- Army researchers have designed a computer model that more effectively calculates the behavior of atmospheric turbulence in complex environments, including cities, forests, deserts and ...

Whether the dust borne on the violent winds of a tornado or the sugar grains in a swirled cup of coffee, the behavior of ...

Wind energy systems harness kinetic energy from moving air using rotor-equipped turbines installed onshore and offshore. The performance of these systems depends critically on the interaction between ...

Researchers have designed a computer model that more effectively calculates the behavior of atmospheric turbulence in complex environments, including cities, forests, deserts and mountainous regions.

Researchers at Purdue University have created a turbulence model for vortex collisions that could allow aircraft engineers and designers to build aircraft more capable of handling extreme scenarios.

The field of underwater optical communication is undergoing rapid transformation as researchers seek to address the physical limitations imposed by dynamic ...

Those who have searched for a pattern in the chaotic splatters of a Jackson Pollock painting may intuitively grasp turbulence and all its complexity. Now imagine Pollock’s swirls of paint in motion ...

Every airplane creates wake turbulence while in flight, which results in two counter-rotating vortices trailing behind the aircraft. These vortices can affect other aircraft as it passes. According to ...

For anyone who has watched ocean waves or fast moving water, turbulence can seem like pure chaos. Powerful currents twist and churn, creating swirling ...