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dimensionless group combining Reynolds number and pipe curvature that governs the paired secondary vortices in flow through curved pipes.

In mechanical engineering, Dean number refers to dimensionless group combining Reynolds number and pipe curvature that governs the paired secondary vortices in flow through curved pipes. This meaning comes from Dean (1927) in The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science.[1]

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  1. Dean, W. R. (1927). XVI.Note on the motion of fluid in a curved pipe. The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, 4(20), 208-223. https://doi.org/10.1080/14786440708564324

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