characteristic length

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characteristic length [‚kar·ik·tə′ris·tik ′leŋkth]

(mechanics)

A convenient reference length (usually constant) of a given configuration, such as overall length of an aircraft, the maximum diameter or radius of a body of revolution, or a chord or span of a lifting surface.

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No references found			The two appendices take nearly 300 pages of the text; the first reports on the experimental values of the material characteristic length (with full list of references), and the second provides detailed tables of nearly 4500 experimental results from multiaxial fatigue loading under various conditions, using different materials. Multiaxial notch fatigue; from nominal to local stress/strain ... by SciTech Book News The viscous characteristic length ([LAMBDA]) represents the dimension of the constriction sections in the pore network where viscous dissipation of sound energy is dominant. Synthesis and characterization of open-cell foams for sound ... by Chu, Raymond K.M.; Naguib, Hani E.; Atalla, Noureddine / Polymer Engineering and Science The characteristic length for damping is the attenuation length [l. Perturbations from ducts on the modes of acoustic thermometers by Gillis, K.A.; Lin, H.; Moldover, M.R. / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology			character string constant character stroke Character Studio character style character tag character terminal character-addressable computer character-oriented computer character-oriented protocol character-writing tube Characteristic characteristic acoustic impedance characteristic chamber length characteristic cone Characteristic Curve characteristic directions characteristic distortion Characteristic Equation characteristic exhaust velocity characteristic form characteristic frequency Characteristic Function Characteristic Group Frequencies characteristic impedance Characteristic Impedance of Electrical Transmission Lines characteristic length Characteristic Line Spectrum characteristic loss spectroscopy characteristic manifold characteristic number characteristic overflow characteristic point characteristic polynomial characteristic radiation characteristic ray characteristic root characteristic temperature characteristic underflow characteristic value characteristic vector characteristic velocity characteristic x-rays characterization characterization factor Characterology Charactron Charade charades Charadrii Charadriidae Charadriiformes			characteristic curve characteristic curve characteristic curve characteristic curves characteristic curves characteristic curves characteristic detection probability characteristic detection width characteristic difference characteristic directions characteristic distortion Characteristic Distortion Compensation Characteristic equation characteristic exhaust velocity Characteristic exponents characteristic feature characteristic form Characteristic frequency Characteristic frequency Characteristic function Characteristic function Characteristic function Characteristic function of a set characteristic functions characteristic functions Characteristic Group Frequencies Characteristic impedance Characteristic impedance Characteristic Impedance of Electrical Transmission Lines Characteristic Isochromat Spectroscopy characteristic length Characteristic line Characteristic Line Spectrum Characteristic Loss Spectroscopy Characteristic Loss Spectroscopy characteristic manifold Characteristic map Characteristic map Characteristic mapping Characteristic mapping characteristic marks characteristic mood characteristic number characteristic overflow characteristic part Characteristic Pattern characteristic point Characteristic Polarization States Characteristic polynomial Characteristic portfolio Characteristic Portfolios characteristic radiation characteristic radiation characteristic radiation characteristic radiation characteristic ray Characteristic root characteristic root of a square matrix Characteristic Structures characteristic temperature characteristic underflow

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