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Originally Posted by elvo
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microfluidics:
"The behavior of fluids at the microscale can differ from 'macrofluidic' behavior in that factors such as surface tension, energy dissipation, and fluidic resistance start to dominate the system." |
Elvo, exactly my point. Folks were trying to relate what is going on in their shocks to some linear scaling factor, ie 1/10th, 1/2, etc. Microfluidics is really cool subject matter, and there is still a ton to be learned ie fluid behaviour.