December 2020
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
4h 4m
English
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Appendix 1Some Dimensionless Numbers Used in Fluid Mechanics
Table A1.1. Dimensionless number used in fluid mechanics
| Dimensionless number | Relationship | Type of relation and physical significance |
| Archimedes (buoyancy) |  |
Gravitational force × inertial force / viscous force |
| Capillary |  |
Describes the movement of a body in a fluid, due to the difference in density between them |
| Capillarity |  |
Viscous force / surface tension force |
| Used to describe liquid atomization | ||
| Ekman1 |  |
Measurement of the attenuation of movement occurring in fluids due to rotation |
| Froude |  |
Inertial force / gravitational force |
| Characterizes the relative significance of the kinetic energy of the particles in a fluid relative to its gravitational potential energy | ||
| Galileo2 |  |
Gravitational force / viscous force |
| Used in fluid mechanics to quantify the ratio of the effects of buoyancy on viscous effects | ||
| Mach ... |
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