Atwood number (English, noun)
expansion: Atwood number (plural Atwood numbers)
Senses:
topics: fluid-dynamics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A dimensionless number used in the study of hydrodynamic instabilities in density stratified flows: A=(ρ₁-ρ₂)/(ρ₁+ρ₂), where ρ₁ is the density of the heavier fluid and ρ₂ is the density of the lighter fluid.
Forms:
form: Atwood numbers
tags: plural