Intuitive Derivation of Reynolds Number

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dc.creatorPeters, Randall D.
dc.creatorSumner, Loren
dc.date2003-06-27
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:49:34Z
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dc.descriptionIt is evident from the literature that many engineers describe the Reynolds number qualitatively as ``the ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces''. Yet it is not immediately obvious that the well known expression Re = LV(rho)/(eta), which involves the size L of a solid object moving with speed V relative to a fluid of density rho and viscosity eta--is in fact a ratio of forces. It is hoped that the following treatment, which is based on an energy rather than force perspective, will help to de-mystify the important parameter given to us by Osborne Reynolds
dc.descriptionOne page, no figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0306193
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0306193
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/85438
dc.subjectClassical Physics
dc.subjectPhysics Education
dc.subjectFluid Dynamics
dc.titleIntuitive Derivation of Reynolds Number
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