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Hey guys, I am looking at the concept of Reynold's number applying to anesthesia circuits. I understand that one formulation for Reynold's number as it relates to a fluid flowing through a tube of constant dimensions is: R# = (Velocity x Diameter x Density)/Viscocity I know that a high R#...

I once asked a physicist to explain what the universe expands into, and he gave me the analogy of raisins in bread dough. That the raisins represents galaxies, galactic clusters, etc...and as the universe (bread dough) expands, the galaxies (raisins) move apart. But this analogy assumes that the...

Thank you for the help. I don't have much in the way of physics information to offer back, but I'm happy to answer anything in the area of medicine.

I was hoping someone could give me an explanation as to why resistance of a fluid moving through a tube changes from being determined by viscosity in conditions of laminar flow to being determined by density in conditions of turbulent flow. Thanks in advance.