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  2. Reynolds equation - Wikipedia

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    The equation can either be used with consistent units or nondimensionalized. The Reynolds Equation assumes: The fluid is Newtonian. Fluid viscous forces dominate over fluid inertia forces. This is the principle of the Reynolds number. Fluid body forces are negligible.

  3. Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations - Wikipedia

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    The Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations (RANS equations) are time-averaged [a] equations of motion for fluid flow. The idea behind the equations is Reynolds decomposition , whereby an instantaneous quantity is decomposed into its time-averaged and fluctuating quantities, an idea first proposed by Osborne Reynolds . [ 1 ]

  4. Dynamic similarity (Reynolds and Womersley numbers)

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    The Reynolds and Womersley Numbers are also used to calculate the thicknesses of the boundary layers that can form from the fluid flow’s viscous effects. The Reynolds number is used to calculate the convective inertial boundary layer thickness that can form, and the Womersley number is used to calculate the transient inertial boundary thickness that can form.

  5. Dimensionless numbers in fluid mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Dimensionless numbers (or characteristic numbers) have an important role in analyzing the behavior of fluids and their flow as well as in other transport phenomena. [1] They include the Reynolds and the Mach numbers, which describe as ratios the relative magnitude of fluid and physical system characteristics, such as density, viscosity, speed of sound, and flow speed.

  6. Reynolds decomposition - Wikipedia

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    Reynolds decomposition allows the simplification of the Navier–Stokes equations by substituting in the sum of the steady component and perturbations to the velocity profile and taking the mean value. The resulting equation contains a nonlinear term known as the Reynolds stresses which gives rise to turbulence.

  7. Derivation of the Navier–Stokes equations - Wikipedia

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    The derivation of the Navier–Stokes equation involves the consideration of forces acting on fluid elements, so that a quantity called the stress tensor appears naturally in the Cauchy momentum equation. Since the divergence of this tensor is taken, it is customary to write out the equation fully simplified, so that the original appearance of ...

  8. Reynolds stress - Wikipedia

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    In fluid dynamics, the Reynolds stress is the component of the total stress tensor in a fluid obtained from the averaging operation over the Navier–Stokes equations to account for turbulent fluctuations in fluid momentum.

  9. Reynolds number - Wikipedia

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    The Brezina equation. The Reynolds number can be defined for several different situations where a fluid is in relative motion to a surface. [n 1] These definitions generally include the fluid properties of density and viscosity, plus a velocity and a characteristic length or characteristic dimension (L in the above equation). This dimension is ...