TED-Ed
Tomás Chor: Turbulence: one of the great unsolved mysteries of physics
2019 • E48 Apr 23, 2019 5m
You're on an airplane when you feel a sudden jolt. Outside your window nothing seems to be happening, yet the plane continues to rattle you and your fellow passengers as it passes through turbulent air in the atmosphere. What exactly is turbulence, and why does it happen? Tomás Chor dives into one of the prevailing mysteries of physics: the complex phenomenon of turbulence. [Directed by Biljana Labovic, narrated by Addison Anderson].