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        surface-ambient temperature difference

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        surface-ambient temperature difference#

        $$T_s - T_\infty \sim \Theta$$

        Temperature difference between a surface and the surrounding or free-stream fluid. It is the driving temperature contrast for many convection, buoyancy, and wall-heating estimates.

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        • Brinkman number
        • Eckert number
        • Grashof number
        • Rayleigh number
        • Richardson number

           

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