gravitational acceleration#
$$g \sim \text L\,\text T^{-2}$$
Acceleration imparted by gravity at the Earth’s surface (~9.81 m/s²). Sets the restoring force for surface waves and drives buoyancy-induced flows wherever density gradients are present.
Used in#
- Archimedes number
- Bond number
- Froude number
- Galileo number
- Grashof number
- Rayleigh number
- Richardson number
- Shields parameter