Which outcome occurs when high fluid viscosity minimizes turbulence?

💡 Explanation

When fluid viscosity increases, momentum diffusion dominates leading to viscous damping of turbulent fluctuations. Because viscous damping reduces instability, laminar flow stability follows, rather than kinetic energy decreasing because a viscous fluid damps out kinetic energy and the Reynolds # is proportional to instability.

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