what is the Reynolds number

Answer Posted / kundil phukan

It is the ratio of inertia force to the viscous force.According to reynold the transission from laminar to turbulent flow in a pipe depends on velocity,pipe diameter and kinematic viscosity of the fluid.At critical reynolds no of 2000 flow starts changing from laminar to turbulent

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