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The Dean number (''D'') is a dimensionless group in fluid mechanics, which occurs in the study of flow in curved pipes and channels. It is named after the British scientist W. R. Dean, who studied such flows in the 1920s (Dean, 1927, 1928). == Definition == The Dean number is typically denoted by ''De'' (or ''Dn''). For a flow in a pipe or tube it is defined as: : where * is the density of the fluid * is the dynamic viscosity * is the axial velocity scale * is the diameter (for non-circular geometry, an equivalent diameter is used; see Reynolds number) * is the radius of curvature of the path of the channel. The Dean number is therefore the product of the Reynolds number (based on axial flow through a pipe of diameter ) and the square root of the curvature ratio. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dean number」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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