Unit of force in Navier-stokes

Technically, your equation is dimensionless :slight_smile:
I think if you redimensionalize your force with rho*U^2, you will get a N/m^3. If you multiply this with the area, you will get N/m - force per unit spanwise length - this is because the force for the three dimensional problem can be calculated with a multiplication with the spanwise length/depth.

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