Ohnesorge Number

The Ohnesorge number, Oh, is a dimensionless number that relates the viscous forces to inertial and surface tension forces.

It is defined as:

Where

  • μ is the liquid viscosity
  • ρ is the liquid density
  • σ is the surface tension
  • L is the characteristic length scale (typically drop diameter)
  • Re is the Reynolds number
  • We is the Weber number

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