Sherwood number

Summary

Sherwood number ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (70 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• Thomas Kilgore Sherwood is named after Sherwood number^[2].
• Sherwood number's subclass of is recorded as dimensionless number in fluid mechanics^[3].
• Sherwood number's subclass of is recorded as criterion of similarity^[4].
• Sherwood number's subclass of is recorded as characteristic number^[5].
• Sherwood number's said to be the same as is recorded as Nusselt number for mass transfer^[6].
• Sherwood number's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01y3r9^[7].
• Sherwood number's studied by is recorded as thermodynamics^[8].
• Sherwood number's ISQ dimension is recorded as 1^[9].
• Sherwood number's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 119103248^[10].
• Sherwood number's quantity symbol is recorded as \mathit{Sh}^[11].
• Sherwood number's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C119103248^[12].

Why It Matters

Sherwood number ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (70 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[13]