Reynolds number
English edit
Etymology edit
Named after British engineer Osborne Reynolds.
Noun edit
Reynolds number (plural Reynolds numbers)
- (physics) A dimensionless parameter that determines the behavior of viscous flow patterns. In pipe flow a value less than about 2,000 (known as the critical Reynolds number) produces laminar flow, one above about 3,000 produces turbulent flow (intermediate values produce unpredictable behavior).
Translations edit
dimensionless parameter of flow
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