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  2. Viscosity - Wikipedia

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    The SI unit of kinematic viscosity is square meter per second (m 2 /s), whereas the CGS unit for kinematic viscosity is the stokes (St, or cm 2 ·s −1 = 0.0001 m 2 ·s −1), named after Sir George Gabriel Stokes. [29] In U.S. usage, stoke is sometimes used as the singular form.

  3. List of viscosities - Wikipedia

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    For kinematic viscosity, the SI unit is m^2/s. In engineering, the unit is usually Stoke or centiStoke, with 1 Stoke = 0.0001 m^2/s, and 1 centiStoke = 0.01 Stoke. For liquid, the dynamic viscosity is usually in the range of 0.001 to 1 Pascal-second, or 1 to 1000 centiPoise. The density is usually on the order of 1000 kg/m^3, i.e. that of water.

  4. Kolmogorov microscales - Wikipedia

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    where ε is the average rate of dissipation of turbulence kinetic energy per unit mass, and; ν is the kinematic viscosity of the fluid.; Typical values of the Kolmogorov length scale, for atmospheric motion in which the large eddies have length scales on the order of kilometers, range from 0.1 to 10 millimeters; for smaller flows such as in laboratory systems, η may be much smaller.

  5. Stokes' law - Wikipedia

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    where (in SI units): g is the gravitational field strength [m/s 2] R is the radius of the spherical particle [m] ρ p is the mass density of the particle [kg/m 3] ρ f is the mass density of the fluid [kg/m 3] μ is the dynamic viscosity [kg/(m•s)].

  6. Reynolds number - Wikipedia

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    ρ is the density of the fluid (SI units: kg/m 3) u is the flow speed (m/s) L is a characteristic length (m) μ is the dynamic viscosity of the fluid (Pa·s or N·s/m 2 or kg/(m·s)) ν is the kinematic viscosity of the fluid (m 2 /s). The Brezina equation

  7. Schmidt number - Wikipedia

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    The turbulent Schmidt number is commonly used in turbulence research and is defined as: [3] = where: is the eddy viscosity in units of (m 2 /s); is the eddy diffusivity (m 2 /s).; The turbulent Schmidt number describes the ratio between the rates of turbulent transport of momentum and the turbulent transport of mass (or any passive scalar).

  8. Dimensionless numbers in fluid mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Dimensionless numbers (or characteristic numbers) have an important role in analyzing the behavior of fluids and their flow as well as in other transport phenomena. [1] They include the Reynolds and the Mach numbers, which describe as ratios the relative magnitude of fluid and physical system characteristics, such as density, viscosity, speed of sound, and flow speed.

  9. Temperature dependence of viscosity - Wikipedia

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    Increasing temperature results in a decrease in viscosity because a larger temperature means particles have greater thermal energy and are more easily able to overcome the attractive forces binding them together. An everyday example of this viscosity decrease is cooking oil moving more fluidly in a hot frying pan than in a cold one.