Ratio of Inertia to Viscous Effects
Compare inertia with viscosity for flow scale wey you enter.
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Reynolds-number value
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Formula
Re=ρvL/μ
Compare inertia with viscosity for flow scale wey you enter.
Example wey show the calculation
- Di density (kg/m³)
- 1000
- Flow speed on average (m/s)
- 1
- Characteristic length for the flow (m)
- 0.01
- Dynamic-viscosity value (Pa·s)
- 0.001
- Reynolds-number value
- 10,000
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