BILANGAN TAK BERDIMENSI

1. Abbe Number

2. Archimedes Number

- g = gravitational acceleration (9.81
m/s)
-
l
= density of the fluid, kg / m
3

- = density of the body, kg / m
3

- = dynamic viscosity, kg / ms
- L = characteristic length of body, m

3. Atwood Number

-
1
= density of heavier fluid
-
2
= density of lighter fluid

4. Beale Number

- B
n
is the Beale number
- W
o
is the power output of the engine
(watts)
- P is the mean average gas pressure
(Pa) or (MPa, if volume is in cm
3
)
- V is swept volume of the expansion
space (m
3
) or (cm
3
, if pressure is in
MPa)
- F is the engine cycle frequency (Hz)

5. Bejan Number



- is the dynamic viscosity
- is the thermal diffusivity


6. Biot Number


- h = film coefficient or heat transfer
coefficient or convective heat transfer
coefficient
- L
C
= characteristic length, which is
commonly defined as the volume of
the body divided by the surface area
of the body
k
b
= Thermal conductivity of the
body




7. Brinell Scale Number


- P = applied force (kgf)
- D = diameter of indenter (mm)
- d = diameter of indentation (mm)


8. Brinkman Number

- N
Br
is the Brinkman number;
- is the fluid's dynamic viscosity;
- U is the fluid's velocity;
- is the thermal conductivity of the
fluid;
- T
0
is the bulk fluid temperature;
- T
w
is the wall temperature.

9. Capillary Number


10. Cauchy Number


- = density of fluid, (SI units: kg/m
3
)
- v = local fluid velocity, (SI units: m/s)
- K = bulk modulus of elasticity, (SI
units: Pa)

11. Cunningham Correction Factor


- C is the correction factor
- is the mean free path
- d is the particle diameter
- A
n
are experimentally determined
coefficients.
- For air (Davies, 1945):
A
1
= 1.257
A
2
= 0.400
A
3
= 0.55

12. Damkohler Number


- k = kinetics reaction rate constant
- C
0
= initial concentration
- n = reaction order
- t = time








13. Dean Number

- is the density of the fluid
- is the dynamic viscosity
- V is the axial velocity scale
- D is the diameter (other shapes are
represented by an equivalent
diameter, see Reynolds number)
- R is the radius of curvature of the path
of the channel.

14. Deborah Number

15. Drag Coefisient



-

is the drag force, which is by

definition the force component in the
direction of the flow velocity,
- is the mass density of the fluid,
- v is the speed of the object relative to
the fluid, and
- A is the reference area

16. Eckert Number



- V is a characteristic velocity of the
flow.
- c
p
is the constant-pressure specific
heat of the flow.
- T is a characteristic temperature
difference of the flow.

17. Eotvos Number


- Eo is the Bond Number or Etvs
number
- : difference in density of the two
phases, (SI units : kg/m
3
)
- g: gravitational acceleration, (SI
units : m/s
2
)
- L: characteristic length, (SI units : m)
- : surface tension, (SI units : N/m)

18. Fourier Number

- is the thermal diffusivity [m
2
/s]
- t is the characteristic time [s]
- R is the length through which
conduction occurs [m]

19. Froude Number

20. Galilei Number

- g: gravitational acceleration, (SI units:
m/s
2
)
- L: characteristic length, (SI units: m)
- : characteristic kinematic viscosity,
(SI units: m
2
/s)

21. Gortler Number

- U
e
= external velocity
- = momentum thickness
- = kinematic viscosity
- R = radius of curvature of the wall

22. Graetz Number

- D is the internal diameter in round
tubes or hydraulic diameter in
arbitrary cross-section ducts
- L is the length
- Re is the Reynolds number and
- Pr is the Prandtl number

23. Laplace Number

- = surface tension
- = density
- L = characteristic length
- = dynamic viscosity

24. Leif Coeffisient

- L is the lift force,
- is fluid density,
- is true airspeed,
- q is dynamic pressure, and
- A is planform area.

25. Mach Number

- M is the Mach number
- V is the relative velocity of the source
to the medium and
- a is the speed of sound in the medium

26. Nusselt Number

- D
h
= Hydraulic diameter
- k
f
= thermal conductivity of the fluid
- h = convective heat transfer
coefficient


27. Prandtl Number

- : kinematic viscosity, = / , (SI
units : m
2
/s)
- : thermal diffusivity,
= k / (c
p
), (SI units : m
2
/s)
- : dynamic viscosity, (SI units : Pa s
= (N s)/m
2
)
- k: thermal conductivity, (SI units :
W/(m K) )
- c
p
: specific heat, (SI units : J/(kg K) )
- : density, (SI units : kg/m
3
)

28. Richardson Number


29. Roshko Number


30. Rossby Number

31. Reynolds Number

- V is the mean fluid velocity (SI units:
m/s)
- L is a characteristic linear dimension,
(traveled length of fluid, or hydraulic
diameter when dealing with river
systems) (m)
- is the dynamic viscosity of the fluid
(Pa s or N s/m or kg/(m s))
- is the kinematic viscosity ( = / )
(m/s)
- is the density of the fluid (kg/m)





32. Schmidt Number

- is the kinematic viscosity or (/) in
units of (m
2
/s)
- D is the mass diffusivity (m
2
/s).
- is the dynamic viscosity of the fluid
(Pa s or N s/m or kg/m s)
- is the density of the fluid (kg/m).

33. Sherwood Number

- L is a characteristic length (m)
- D is mass diffusivity (m
2
.s
1
)
- K is the mass transfer coefficient
(m.s
1
)

34. Stanton Number

- h = convection heat transfer
coefficient
- = density of the fluid
- c
p
= specific heat of the fluid
- V = velocity of the fluid

35. Strouhal Number