Note on the superfluid Reynolds number for turbulent flow of superfluid ⁴He around an oscillating sphere

2018/01/02 by Wilfried Schoepe, Schoepe, Wilfried
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other) #cond-mat.other

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1801.00593

2 pages, 1 figure, short note

arxiv created 2018/01/02 · arxiv updated 2018/01/03

Abstract

The superfluid Reynolds number Re_s = (v - v_c) D/ κ can be expressed simply by the number of vortex rings that are shed during a half-period of the oscillation.

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