kinematic viscosity#
$$\nu \sim \text L^{2}\,\text T^{-1}$$
Momentum diffusivity of a fluid, equal to dynamic viscosity divided by density. It measures how quickly viscous momentum disturbances spread through the fluid.
Used in#
- Ekman number
- Galileo number
- Grashof number
- Prandtl number
- Rayleigh number
- Roshko number
- Schmidt number
- Taylor number