Archimedes number
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used to determine the motion of fluids due to density differences
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- characteristic number
- Named after
- Archimedes
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In viscous fluid dynamics, the Archimedes number (Ar), is a dimensionless number used to determine the motion of fluids due to density differences, named after the ancient Greek scientist and mathematician Archimedes.
It is the ratio of gravitational forces to viscous forces and has the form:
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