Osborne Reynolds

claimed by Charlene Walton (cwalton8) 12.05.2015

Osborne Reynolds (August 23 1842 – February 23 1912) was the pioneer and main contributor of fundamental fluid dynamics.

Scientific Contributions

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Mathematical Equations & Examples

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Historical Context and Other Information

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See also

External links

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_Reynolds

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_dynamics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa-RSKv7SRU&list=PL0jAiXLfdUJBAoYmevhgcao62CBX9fIlF&index=2

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Biographies/Reynolds.html

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_Reynolds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa-RSKv7SRU&list=PL0jAiXLfdUJBAoYmevhgcao62CBX9fIlF&index=2