# Formula Symbols - B

Written by Jerry Ratzlaff. Posted in Nomenclature & Symbols for Engineering, Mathematics, and Science

SymbolGreek SymbolDefinitionUSMetric
$$Ba$$ - Bagnold number dimensionless number dimensionless number
$$Ba$$ - Barlow's formula - -
$$Be$$ - Bejan number dimensionless number dimensionless number
$$b$$ - base - -
$$Be$$ - Bernoulli's equation - -
$$Bm$$ - Bingham number dimensionless number dimensionless number
$$Bi$$ - Biot number dimensionless number dimensionless number
$$Bl$$ or $$B$$ - Blake number dimensionless number dimensionless number
$$Bo$$ or $$Bd$$ - Bodenstein number dimensionless number dimensionless number
$$k_B$$ - Boltzmann constant $$ft-lbf/l^\circ R$$ $$J/J/K$$
$$Bo$$ - Bond number dimensionless number dimensionless number
$$BHP$$ - brake horsepower $$hp$$ -
$$Br$$ - Brinkman number dimensionless number dimensionless number
$$K$$ - bulk modules $$lbf/ft^2$$ $$Pa$$
$$B$$ - bulk modules $$lbf/ft^2$$ $$Pa$$
$$K$$ - bulk modules elasticity $$lbf/ft^2$$ $$Pa$$
$$B$$ - bulk modules elasticity $$lbf/ft^2$$ $$Pa$$
$$B$$ - buoyancy force $$N$$ $$N$$
$$F_b$$ - buoyancy force $$N$$ $$N$$