Reynolds number
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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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