Engineering Board Exam Reviewer · Fluid Mechanics · medium
The dimensionless number most important in modeling flow in closed pipes (no free surface) is the:
- Froude number
- Reynolds number
- Weber number
- Mach number
Answer
B. Reynolds number
Solution
Viscous forces dominate similarity for fully enclosed flows; gravity forces govern free-surface flows (Froude).
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