Monday, August 21, 2017

Smoothness and vapour lock

I am not certain of the meanings of the terms: Smoothness and Vapour Lock so I am relying on whatever you can follow and offer generalities. I am considering a candle  burning in perfect calm; for which you need to look for  Laminar flow  videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RdQWyqAUdg

With no cross-wind the flow is forced in equal directions with perfect balance. When the temperatures become equal the pressure lacks flow. Instead of having to follow the fluid supply, the burning takes place as and when the warmest surface oxidises.

With large volumes this is audible. The smooth flow of well  mixed gas is a steady roar. But the whipping turbulence can lead to explosive vapour lock. This is what happens with a storm.

In most storms the cross winds wash out the build up of energy but occasional calms occur that allow a frustum to cap off a cell. This seldom builds to dangerous levels but rare coincidenta allows extremes levels to build. Such hurricane forces are extremely rare and seldom last more than a day or so. Kenneth blew out as soon as it reached a category four energy level, with wind speeds of 115 knots, as these things are literally huge drains.

(Also maintaining safety levels of design; tropical storms are relatively minor local events, seldom reaching a diameter of a few hundred miles.) Such leviathans are the starting points of god's own continuum. Compared to the extents of the behemoths of colder climates it should amaze us indefinitely to times indefinite that the planet is such safe hands.

With the shunt that closes these vents we should be looking out for some sort of reciprocation. And we find inevitable signals resounding across the board. (Or did you imagine that god's own instruments are silent witnesses to his majesty?)

Out at sea the lingering signal that a leviathan has died is presented as a lozenge shaped calm of brine cast off from the huge heat engine and shortly afterwards, in the resultant seiche you will find the traces of siesmic disturbance.

http://ds.iris.edu/seismon/eventlist/index.phtml?region=Africa&lon=-13.63&lat=-1.08

With the analogy of the flickering candle there is a syncopation this is at the point of balance where the temperatures and pressures cause a beating effect. The resonance in huge systems are called swarms.

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