Weber number

dimensionless number in fluid mechanics that is often useful in analysing fluid flows where there is an interface between two different fluids
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Weber number

Summary

Weber number ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (77 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Moritz Weber is named after Weber number[2].
  • Weber number's GND ID is recorded as 4192735-7[3].
  • Weber number's subclass of is recorded as characteristic number[4].
  • Weber number's subclass of is recorded as dimensionless number in fluid mechanics[5].
  • Weber number's subclass of is recorded as criterion of similarity[6].
  • Weber number's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06g88j[7].
  • Weber number's facet of is recorded as surface tension[8].
  • Weber number's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-11:2019 Quantities and units — Part 11: Characteristic numbers[9].
  • Weber number's defining formula is recorded as \mathit{We} = \frac{\rho v^2 l}{\gamma}[10].
  • Weber number's studied by is recorded as fluid mechanics[11].
  • Weber number's ISQ dimension is recorded as 1[12].
  • Weber number's World of Physics ID is recorded as WeberNumber[13].
  • Weber number's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[14].
  • Weber number's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fluid dynamics[15].
  • Weber number's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 159275676[16].
  • Weber number's in defining formula is recorded as \mathit{We}[17].
  • Weber number's in defining formula is recorded as \rho[18].
  • Weber number's in defining formula is recorded as v[19].
  • Weber number's in defining formula is recorded as l[20].
  • Weber number's in defining formula is recorded as \gamma[21].
  • Weber number's Wolfram Language quantity ID is recorded as WeberNumber[22].
  • Weber number's quantity symbol is recorded as \mathit{We}[23].
  • Weber number's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as 1[24].
  • Weber number's IEV number is recorded as 113-03-43[25].
  • Weber number's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C159275676[26].

Why It Matters

Weber number ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (77 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  6. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . ISO 80000-11:2019 Quantities and units — Part 11: Characteristic numbers. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  22. [23] . ISO 80000-11:2019 Quantities and units — Part 11: Characteristic numbers. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . ISO 80000-11:2019 Quantities and units — Part 11: Characteristic numbers. wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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