Dimensionless Numbers


Fo =   D t     Fourier (mass)
D 2
Fo =   a t     Fourier (heat)
D 2
Fr =   v2     Froude
gH
Ga =   D3 g ρ2     Galileo
    μ 2
Gr =   D3 g Δ ρ     Grashof
ν2 ρ
Gz =   a L     Graetz
D2 v
Le =   a     Lewis
D
Mo =   g μ4 Δ ρ     Morton
ρ 2 σ 3
Nu =   h λ     Nusselt
D
Pe =   v D     Peclet
D
Po =   P     Power number
ρ N 3 D 5
Pr =   ν     Prandtl
a
Re =   ρ v D     Reynolds
μ
Ri =   gH Δ ρ     Richardson
ν2 ρ
Sc =   ν     Schmidt
D
Sh =   ρ v D     Sherwood
μ
We =   ρ v2 D     Weber
σ