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Grashof number

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Grashof number [′gräs‚hȯf ‚nəm·bər]
(fluid mechanics)
A dimensionless number used in the study of free convection of a fluid caused by a hot body, equal to the product of the fluid's coefficient of thermal expansion, the temperature difference between the hot body and the fluid, the cube of a typical dimension of the body and the square of the fluid's density, divided by the square of the fluid's dynamic viscosity. Also known as free convection number.


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