Reynolds number
English
editEtymology
editNamed after British engineer Osborne Reynolds.
Noun
editReynolds 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
editdimensionless parameter of flow
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