|
[Sponsors] |
February 25, 2003, 05:21 |
Brinkman number
|
#1 |
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
Hello everybody, Does anyone know under what conditions is the Brinkman number on the order of 1? Do you know the physical interpretation of this number.
Thanks in advance. |
|
February 25, 2003, 08:16 |
Re: Brinkman number
|
#2 |
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
The Brinkman number indicates the significance of the temperature rise in the fluid due to viscous dissipation. It would only come into play at high velocities or for fluids with high viscosities (e.g. motor oil).
For most fluids (air, water) at moderate speeds, the Brinkman number is much less than one. White's Viscous Flow text has a discussion on this. |
|
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
[mesh manipulation] Mesh Refinement | Luiz Eduardo Bittencourt Sampaio (Sampaio) | OpenFOAM Meshing & Mesh Conversion | 42 | January 8, 2017 12:55 |
DecomposePar unequal number of shared faces | maka | OpenFOAM Pre-Processing | 6 | August 12, 2010 09:01 |
[blockMesh] BlockMeshmergePatchPairs | hjasak | OpenFOAM Meshing & Mesh Conversion | 11 | August 15, 2008 07:36 |
Unaligned accesses on IA64 | andre | OpenFOAM | 5 | June 23, 2008 10:37 |
[Commercial meshers] Trimmed cell and embedded refinement mesh conversion issues | michele | OpenFOAM Meshing & Mesh Conversion | 2 | July 15, 2005 04:15 |