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Added the grid Reynolds number diagnostic field to the manual.
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Christian Jacobs committed Aug 14, 2014
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\end{equation}
where $\Delta t$ is the time-step size and $\Delta x$ is the element size (more specifically, it is twice the element's circumradius).

\section{Grid Reynolds number}
The Reynolds number (whose length scale is relative to the element size $\Delta x$) is defined by
\begin{equation}
\mathrm{Re} = \frac{\rho||\mathbf{u}||\Delta x}{\mu},
\end{equation}
where $\rho$ is the fluid density, $\mu$ is the dynamic viscosity, and $||\mathbf{u}||$ is the magnitude to the velocity field. Alternatively,
\begin{equation}
\mathrm{Re} = \frac{||\mathbf{u}||\Delta x}{\nu},
\end{equation}
where $\nu$ is the kinematic viscosity.

\section{Divergence}
This diagnostic field computes the divergence
\begin{equation}
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