b What is Froude number Explain its physical meanings Soluti

(b) What is Froude number? Explain its physical meanings.

Solution

Froude number is the ratio of inertial and gravitational forces. Froumula is V/sqrt(gd).

It is dimensionless number.

Its physical significance is it is used in hydrodynamics to indicate how well a particular model works in relation to a real system.