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Archimedes number
An Archimedes number, named after the ancient Greek scientist Archimedes, to determine the motion of fluids due to density differences, is a dimensionless number in the form
where:
- g = gravitational acceleration (9.81 m/s²),
- ρl = density of the fluid,
- ρ = density of the body,
- μ = fluid absolute viscosity.
See also
Fluid dynamics
pi is also know as Archimedes constant.
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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