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Student Handout 17 2014
Student Handout 17 2014
CHEE 3363
Spring 2014
Handout 17
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Continuity:
N-S:
Goal: put all equations in dimensionless form (i.e. no units)
u
x
+
v
y
= 0
u
u
x
+v
u
y
=
p
x
+
2
u
x
2
+
2
u
y
2
u
v
x
+v
v
y
= g
p
y
+
2
v
x
2
+
2
v
y
2
Reynolds number Re =
inertial force
viscous force
=
pL
2
V
2
L
2
p
1
2
V
2
Euler number Eu =
pressure force
inertial force
(factor of introduced so that denominator is dynamic pressure)
p p
vapor
1
2
V
2
Cavitation number Ca =
=
V
2
L
2
gL
3
=
V
2
gL
Froude number Fr
2
=
inertial force
gravity force
(square is for historical reasons)
=
V
2
L
2
L
=
V
2
L
Weber number We =
inertial force
surface tension force
=
V
2
L
2
E
v
L
2
=
V
2
E
v
/
=
V
2
c
2
Mach number M
2
=
inertial force
compressibility force
Comments on similarity analysis
Requirements for a model to successfully capture fow
phenomena on a full-scale prototype:
- Geometric similarity:
- Kinematic similarity:
- Dynamic similarity:
Kinematic similarity requires geometric similarity (bounding
streamlines also must scale)
Kinematic similarity is a necessary but not suffcient condition
for dynamic similarity
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