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Keulegan-Carpenter number: a standalone construct

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Ocean engineering

the dimensionless ratio of flow amplitude to body size in oscillating flow, which governs drag and inertia coefficients on cylinders.

In ocean engineering, Keulegan-Carpenter number refers to the dimensionless ratio of flow amplitude to body size in oscillating flow, which governs drag and inertia coefficients on cylinders. This meaning comes from Keulegan (1958) in Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards.[1]

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amplitude4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs body2 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs drag3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Keulegan, G. H., & Carpenter, L. H. (1958). Forces on cylinders and plates in an oscillating fluid. Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards, 60(5), 423. https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.060.043

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