Graetz Number
Graetz number is used in determining the thermally developing flow entrance length in ducts.
Symbol: Gr
Measurement: NAUnit: Unitless
Note: Value can be positive or negative.
Diameter
Diameter is a straight line passing from side to side through the center of a body or figure, especially a circle or sphere.
Symbol: D
Measurement: LengthUnit: m
Note: Value should be greater than 0.
Characteristic Length
Characteristic Length is a length scale used in fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and other fields of engineering and physics to define a dimension that characterizes the size of an object or system.
Symbol: Lc
Measurement: LengthUnit: m
Note: Value should be greater than 0.
Characteristic Speed
Characteristic Speed is a physical quantity characterizing the average speed of motion of particles inside a single body or a particle system at rest.
Symbol: Vc
Measurement: SpeedUnit: m/s
Note: Value should be greater than 0.
Mass Density
Mass Density is a physical quantity that represents the mass of a substance per unit volume.
Symbol: ρ
Measurement: Mass ConcentrationUnit: kg/m³
Note: Value should be greater than 0.
Specific Heat Capacity
Specific Heat Capacity is the heat required to raise the temperature of the unit mass of a given substance by a given amount.
Symbol: c
Measurement: Specific Heat CapacityUnit: kJ/kg*K
Note: Value can be positive or negative.
Thermal Conductivity
Thermal Conductivity is rate of heat passes through specified material, expressed as amount of heat flows per unit time through a unit area with a temperature gradient of one degree per unit distance.
Symbol: k
Measurement: Thermal ConductivityUnit: W/(m*K)
Note: Value should be greater than 0.
Length
Length is the measurement or extent of something from end to end.
Symbol: L
Measurement: LengthUnit: m
Note: Value should be greater than 0.