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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|Newton laws of mechanics]]): <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/n/n066/n066570/n0665701.png" />, where <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/n/n066/n066570/n0665702.png" /> is the characteristic pressure, <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/n/n066/n066570/n0665703.png" /> is the density and <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/n/n066/n066570/n0665704.png" /> is the characteristic velocity.
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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|Newton laws of mechanics]]): $\text{Ne}=2P/\rho v^2$, where $P$ is the characteristic pressure, $\rho$ is the density and $v$ is the characteristic velocity.

Latest revision as of 13:59, 12 April 2014

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): $\text{Ne}=2P/\rho v^2$, where $P$ is the characteristic pressure, $\rho$ is the density and $v$ is the characteristic velocity.

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Newton number. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Newton_number&oldid=31631