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The Peclet number is defined as

$Pe \equiv \frac{U_\infty L}{\alpha}$

Also

$Pe \equiv Re Pr$

where

$U_\infty$ is the freestream velocity
$L$ is the characteristic dimension of the problem
$\alpha$ is the thermal diffusion coefficient

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Category: Dimensionless parameters

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