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The Knudsen number (Kn) is a dimensionless number defined as the ratio of the molecular mean free path length to a representative physical length scale. This length scale could be, for example, the radius of a body in a fluid. The number is named after Danish physicist Martin Knudsen (1871–1949). ==Definition== The Knudsen number is a dimensionless number defined as: : where * = mean free path () * = representative physical length scale (). For a Boltzmann gas, the mean free path may be readily calculated so that: : where * is the Boltzmann constant (1.3806504(24) × 10−23 J/K in SI units), (L2 T−2 θ−1 ) * is the thermodynamic temperature, () * is the particle hard shell diameter, () * is the total pressure, (L−1 T−2 ). For particle dynamics in the atmosphere, and assuming standard temperature and pressure, i.e. 25 °C and 1 atm, we have ≈ 8 × 10−8 m. 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「Knudsen number」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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