Reynolds number: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: IOPscience - The Astrophysical Journal - Reynolds Number and Viscosity in the Solar Wind. Oct 13, 2026
Add new Web site: Geosciences LibreTexts - Significance of Reynolds Numbers and Froude Numbers. May 07, 2026
Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Interface Focus - Reynolds number influence on the formation of vortical structures on a pitching flat plate. Feb 13, 2026
Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Interface Focus - Reynolds number influence on the formation of vortical structures on a pitching flat plate. Oct 18, 2025
Add new Web site: IOPscience - New Journal of Physics - Reynolds numbers and the elliptic approximation near the ultimate state of turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection (PDF). Jul 15, 2025
Add new Web site: PNAS - Compensatory Escape Mechanism At Low Reynolds number. Jun 07, 2025
Add new Web site: Simon Fraser University - Viscous Flow in Ducts (PDF). Apr 25, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - On Reynolds number physical interpretation (PDF). Feb 15, 2025
Add new Web site: Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research - Determination of Reynolds Number in Closed PVC Pipe (PDF). Dec 19, 2024
Add new Web site: CORE - Reynolds number and Shallow Depth Sloshing (PDF). Oct 26, 2024
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Marine Science - On an adaptation of the Reynolds number, applicable to body-caudal-fin aquatic locomotion. Jun 21, 2024
Add new Web site: The George Washington University - Reynolds number. Nov 17, 2023
Add new Web site: University of Washington Libraries - The Reynolds number. Aug 11, 2023
Add new Web site: NASA - Reynolds Number. Jun 30, 2023
Added an illustration of variations of drag coefficient with Reynolds numbers for spheres, cylinders, and disks. Sep 25, 2017
Cross-references added. Sep 25, 2017
Add new Web site: Clarkson University - Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering - Reynolds Number. Apr 11, 2016
Add new Web site: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics - Analysis of Reynolds Number Effects in "Fluid Flow through Two-dimensional Cascades. Apr 11, 2016
Add new Web site: Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Reynolds Number. Apr 11, 2016
Add new Web site: Federation of American Scientists - Congressional Research Service Reports - Reynolds Number. Apr 11, 2016
Added new Web site: AeroDrag Publishing - The Reynolds Number. Aug 19, 2008
Added new Web site: Process Associates of America - Reynolds Number. May 08, 2007
Added new Web site: NASA - Reynolds Number. May 08, 2007
Added new Web site: Galileo - The Reynolds number. May 08, 2007
Added new Web site: University of Cambridge - High-Reynolds-Number Fluid Flow. May 08, 2007
Added new Web site: Science & Engineering Encyclopaedia - Reynolds Number. May 08, 2007
Added new Web site: Zoran Savovic - Reynolds number calculation. May 08, 2007
Added new Web site: The Engineering ToolBox - Reynolds Number. May 08, 2007
Added new Web site: eFunda - Reynolds Number Calculator. May 08, 2007
Added new Web site: World of Physics - Reynolds Number. May 08, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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