Tidal flow
The gravitational potential of Moon and Sun raises and lowers the sea twice a day; the resulting head and currents are a periodic, predictable fluid flow.
Atlas record: 3 claims reference this phenomenon — 3 established.
Explorerelations · matrix context · routes · sources · cite
Relations
- coastal geometry that funnels the tidal range into a current or a head
Matrix context
D = disequilibrium row · C = coupling family column. A cell reads the state of the atlas for that pair.
Enumerated routes through this · 15
- Tidal stream plant7/7 est · demonstrated
- Gravitational potential difference → Tidal flow → Bulk fluid flow → Aerodynamic and hydrodynamic lift → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work5/5 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Gravitational potential difference → Tidal flow → Bulk fluid flow → Ocean wave motion → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work4/5 est · candidate
- Gravitational potential difference → Tidal flow → Bulk fluid flow → Streaming potential → Ionic current → Electrical work5/5 est · candidate
- Gravitational potential difference → Tidal flow → Bulk fluid flow → Magnetohydrodynamic generation → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 est · candidate
- Gravitational potential difference → Tidal flow → Bulk fluid flow → Electrohydrodynamic generation → Fluid-borne space charge → Electrical work5/5 est · candidate
- Gravitational potential difference → Tidal flow → Bulk fluid flow → Aerodynamic and hydrodynamic lift → Mechanical motion → Electromagnetic induction → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Gravitational potential difference → Tidal flow → Bulk fluid flow → Flow-induced vibration → Mechanical vibration → Triboelectric effect → Separated surface charge → Electrical work7/7 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Gravitational potential difference → Tidal flow → Bulk fluid flow → Flow-induced vibration → Mechanical vibration → Electrostatic induction (variable capacitance) → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Gravitational potential difference → Tidal flow → Bulk fluid flow → Flow-induced vibration → Mechanical vibration → Reverse electrowetting → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/7 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Gravitational potential difference → Tidal flow → Bulk fluid flow → Flow-induced vibration → Mechanical vibration → Resonant vibration → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work7/7 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Gravitational potential difference → Tidal flow → Bulk fluid flow → Ocean wave motion → Mechanical motion → Electromagnetic induction → Charge carriers → Electrical work6/7 est · candidate
- Gravitational potential difference → Tidal flow → Bulk fluid flow → Ocean wave motion → Mechanical motion → Rotating-machine generator action → Charge carriers → Electrical work6/7 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Gravitational potential difference → Tidal flow → Bulk fluid flow → Ocean wave motion → Pressure gradient → Aerodynamic and hydrodynamic lift → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work7/7 est · extends a recorded pathway
- Gravitational potential difference → Tidal flow → Bulk fluid flow → Ocean wave motion → Pressure gradient → Streaming potential → Ionic current → Electrical work7/7 est · extends a recorded pathway
Cited sources · 1
- [1]S. L. Dixon, C. A. Hall. Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery (7th ed.) (2014)
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Physical Transformation Atlas (2026). entity phenomenon:tidal-flow: Tidal flow. Dataset revision rbfbfcbb70e57 (hash of the canonical data). https://physical-transformation-atlas.wldud5192.workers.dev/phenomenon/tidal-flow
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