Tea leaf paradox
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title:
Tea leaf paradox
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In fluid dynamics, the tea leaf paradox is a phenomenon where tea leaves in a cup of tea migrate to the center and bottom of the cup after being stirred rather than being forced to the edges of the cup, as would be expected in a spiral centrifuge. The correct physical explanation of the paradox was for the first time given by James Thomson in 1857. He correctly connected the appearance of secondary flow with ″friction on the bottom″. The formation of secondary flows in an annular channel was the
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Fluid dynamics phenomenon
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_leaf_paradox
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2024-01-25T14:59:05Z
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