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Which outcome occurs when increased flow rate disturbs laminar layers?

A)Onset of turbulent flow behavior
B)Fluid viscosity decreases sharply
C)System pressure drops to zero
D)Reynolds number approaches zero

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Turbulence begins caused by inertial forces overpowering viscous forces, leading to chaotic fluid motion, specifically the onset of turbulent flow, because the shear stress escalates with turbulent mixing; therefore turbulence happens, rather than idealized laminar flow which only occurs at low Reynolds numbers.

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