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Hagen-Poiseuille equation

Hagen-Poiseuille equation proper noun: a physical law that gives the pressure drop in an incompressible Newtonian fluid in laminar flow flowing through a long cylindrical pipe of constant cross section.

Proper noun

the Hagen-Poiseuille equation

  1. A physical law that gives the pressure drop in an incompressible Newtonian fluid in laminar flow flowing through a long cylindrical pipe of constant cross section.

Synonyms of Hagen-Poiseuille equation

Origin of Hagen-Poiseuille equation

It was experimentally derived independently by Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille in 1838 and Gotthilf Heinrich Ludwig Hagen, and published by Poiseuille in 1840–41 and 1846.

Questions about Hagen-Poiseuille equation

What does Hagen-Poiseuille equation mean?
Hagen-Poiseuille equation means a physical law that gives the pressure drop in an incompressible Newtonian fluid in laminar flow flowing through a long cylindrical pipe of constant cross section.
What part of speech is Hagen-Poiseuille equation?
Hagen-Poiseuille equation is a proper noun.

Words near Hagen-Poiseuille equation in the dictionary

  1. Hagemeyers
  2. Hagemoser-Weinstein-Bresnick syndrome
  3. Hagen
  4. Hagen axe
  5. Hagen axes
  6. Hagen-Poiseuille equation
  7. Hagen-Poiseuille law
  8. Hagenaar
  9. Hagenaars
  10. Hagenbach
  11. Hagenbuch

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