capillary number

ratio of viscous drag forces to surface tension in fluids
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capillary number

Summary

capillary number ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • capillary number's subclass of is recorded as characteristic number[2].
  • capillary number's subclass of is recorded as dimensionless number in fluid mechanics[3].
  • capillary number's subclass of is recorded as criterion of similarity[4].
  • capillary number's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02smlx[5].
  • capillary number's described by source is recorded as Dimensionless Physical Quantities in Science and Engineering[6].
  • capillary number's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-11:2019 Quantities and units — Part 11: Characteristic numbers[7].
  • capillary number's described by source is recorded as Laws and Models: Science, Engineering, and Technology[8].
  • capillary number's different from is recorded as capillary number[9].
  • capillary number's different from is recorded as capillary number[10].
  • capillary number's defining formula is recorded as \mathit{Ca}^{*} = \frac{\eta v}{\gamma}[11].
  • capillary number's defining formula is recorded as \mathit{Ca}^{*} = \frac{\mathit{We}}{\mathit{Re}}[12].
  • capillary number's ISQ dimension is recorded as 1[13].
  • capillary number's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[14].
  • capillary number's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fluid dynamics[15].
  • capillary number's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 28413391[16].
  • capillary number's in defining formula is recorded as \mathit{Ca}^{*}[17].
  • capillary number's in defining formula is recorded as \eta[18].
  • capillary number's in defining formula is recorded as v[19].
  • capillary number's in defining formula is recorded as \gamma[20].
  • capillary number's in defining formula is recorded as \mathit{We}[21].
  • capillary number's in defining formula is recorded as \mathit{Re}[22].
  • capillary number's Wolfram Language quantity ID is recorded as DynamicCapillaryNumber[23].
  • capillary number's quantity symbol is recorded as \mathit{Ca}[24].
  • capillary number's quantity symbol is recorded as \mathit{Ca}^{*}[25].
  • capillary number's quantity symbol is recorded as \mathit{Cn}[26].

Why It Matters

capillary number ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [5] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . ISO 80000-11:2019 Quantities and units — Part 11: Characteristic numbers. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . ISO 80000-11:2019 Quantities and units — Part 11: Characteristic numbers. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . Dimensionless Physical Quantities in Science and Engineering. wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . ISO 80000-11:2019 Quantities and units — Part 11: Characteristic numbers. wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . ISO 80000-11:2019 Quantities and units — Part 11: Characteristic numbers. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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