Hagen-Poiseuille equation

proper noun

A physical law that gives the pressure drop in an incompressible Newtonian fluid in laminar flow flowing through a long cylindrical pipe of constant cross section.

Meanings

proper nounthe Hagen-Poiseuille equation
  1. fluid dynamicsA physical law that gives the pressure drop in an incompressible Newtonian fluid in laminar flow flowing through a long cylindrical pipe of constant cross section.

    Synonyms: Hagen-Poiseuille law, Poiseuille law, Poiseuille equation

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA physical law that gives the pressure drop in an incompressible Newtonian fluid in laminar flow flowing through a long cylindrical pipe of constant cross section.

Origin

It was experimentally derived independently by Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille in 1838 and Gotthilf Heinrich Ludwig Hagen, and published by Poiseuille in 1840–41 and 1846.

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