The function estimates the Prandtl Number, which describes the ratio of kinematic viscosity to thermal diffusivity (Gates 1980) .

Prandtl_number(c_p, mu, K)

Arguments

c_p

numeric specific heat at constant pressure (J mol-1 K-1).

mu

numeric dynamic viscosity (mol s-1 m-1).

K

numeric thermal conductivity (W K-1 m-1).

Value

numeric Prandtl number.

References

Gates DM (1980). Biophysical Ecology. Springer-Verlag, New York, NY, USA.

Examples

  Prandtl_number(c_p = 29.3,
                 mu  = 0.00001,
                 K   = 0.5)
#> [1] 0.000586