Brinkman number

characteristic number of a fluid for the relation between heat produced by viscosity and heat received from outside by conduction
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Brinkman number

Summary

Brinkman number ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Henri Brinkman is named after Brinkman number[2].
  • Brinkman number's subclass of is recorded as dimensionless number in fluid mechanics[3].
  • Brinkman number's subclass of is recorded as characteristic number[4].
  • Brinkman number's subclass of is recorded as criterion of similarity[5].
  • Brinkman number's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/026wlfq[6].
  • Brinkman number's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-11:2019 Quantities and units — Part 11: Characteristic numbers[7].
  • Brinkman number's defining formula is recorded as \begin{array}{lcr} \mathit{Br} & = & \frac{\eta v^2}{\lambda \Delta T} \ \Delta T & = & T_{\mathrm{W}} - T_0 \end{array}[8].
  • Brinkman number's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1q63zvn2q[9].
  • Brinkman number's ISQ dimension is recorded as 1[10].
  • Brinkman number's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[11].
  • Brinkman number's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fluid dynamics[12].
  • Brinkman number's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 43093850[13].
  • Brinkman number's in defining formula is recorded as \mathit{Br}[14].
  • Brinkman number's in defining formula is recorded as \eta[15].
  • Brinkman number's in defining formula is recorded as v[16].
  • Brinkman number's in defining formula is recorded as \lambda[17].
  • Brinkman number's in defining formula is recorded as T_0[18].
  • Brinkman number's in defining formula is recorded as T_{\mathrm{W}}[19].
  • Brinkman number's Wolfram Language quantity ID is recorded as BrinkmanNumber[20].
  • Brinkman number's quantity symbol is recorded as \mathit{Br}[21].
  • Brinkman number's quantity symbol is recorded as N_{\mathit{Br}}[22].
  • Brinkman number's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as 1[23].
  • Brinkman number's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C43093850[24].

Why It Matters

Brinkman number ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . ISO 80000-11:2019 Quantities and units — Part 11: Characteristic numbers. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . ISO 80000-11:2019 Quantities and units — Part 11: Characteristic numbers. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . ISO 80000-11:2019 Quantities and units — Part 11: Characteristic numbers. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . ISO 80000-11:2019 Quantities and units — Part 11: Characteristic numbers. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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