Other Information on the Sherwood name, and links that don't fit into the other categories

The Sherwood Number *

The Sherwood number (Sh) is a dimensionless number used in mass-transfer operation. It represents the ratio of lengthscale to the diffusive boundary layer thickness, and is named in honor of Thomas Kilgore Sherwood.

It is defined as follows

It is the mass-transfer equivalent of the Nusselt number where

• K_c = overall mass transfer coefficient;
• L = characteristic length;
• = component diffusion coefficient

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Project Sherwood

Project Sherwood was the name given to the US program in controlled nuclear fusion funded under the Atoms for Peace initiative during the Eisenhower Administration.

Sherwood Dungeon

Sherwood Dungeon is a browser-based online Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game from Maid Marian Entertainment.