Newton number
From Encyclopedia of Mathematics
One of the criteria for similarity of mechanical motion, which is obtained from the equation expressing Newton's second law (cf. Newton laws of mechanics): 
, where 
is the characteristic pressure, 
is the density and 
is the characteristic velocity.
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Newton number. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Newton_number&oldid=14404
Newton number. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Newton_number&oldid=14404