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Question
Distinguish between streamlined flow and turbulent flow.
Solution
| Streamlined flow | Turbulent Flow |
| When a liquid flows such that each particle of the liquid passing a point moves along the same path and has the same velocity as its predecessor then flow is said to be streamlined flow. | When the speed of the moving liquid, exceeds the critical speed vc, the motion becomes turbulent. |
| The velocity of the particles is constant. | The velocity changes both in magnitude and direction from particle to particle. |
| The path taken by the particle in this flow is a curve. | The path taken by the particle in this flow becomes erratic and whirlpool. Like circles. |
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