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01-29-16
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Richardson number Ri Ri= 2
= 2
u Fr
fluid dynamics (effect of
buoyancy on flow
stability;
kinetic energy)
L2
Roshko number Ro Ro= =StRe
v
fluid dynamics (oscillating
v
Schmidt number Sc Sc=
D
mass transfer (viscous over
Shape factor H H=
boundary layer flow (ratio
of displacement thickness
to momentum thickness).
KL
Sherwood number Sh Sh=
D
mass transfer (forced convect-
r 2
Sommerfeld number S S= ()
c
N / P
hydrodynamic lubrication;
(Boundary lubrication)
h Nu
Stanton number St St= =
cp . .V RePr
heat transfer and fluid dynamics
. Uo
Stokes number Stk or S k Stk=
d
particles suspensions (ratio
of characteristic time
of
L
Strouhal number St St=
U
Vortex shedding (ratio of
characteristic oscillatory
velocity to ambient flow
velocity).
2 L 2
B Ha
Stuart number N N= =
U
magnetohydrodynamics ( ratio
of electromagnetic to inertial
forces).
H X2
Ursell number U U=
h3
wave mechanics (nonlinearity
of surface gravity
waves on a
shallow fluid layer).