Archimedes number

An Archimedes number, named after the ancient Greek scientist Archimedes, to determine the motion of fluids due to density differences, is a dimensionless number in the form

Related Topics:
Archimedes - Fluid - Density - Dimensionless number

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:{ m Ar} = rac{g L^3 ho_ell ( ho - ho_ell)}{mu^2}

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where:

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• g = gravitational acceleration (9.81 m/s²),
• ρ_l = density of the fluid,
• ρ = density of the body,
• μ = fluid absolute viscosity.
 
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