Applied Dimensional Analysis and Modeling
- ISBN-10
- 0080555454
- ISBN-13
- 9780080555454
- Category
- Technology & Engineering
- Pages
- 856
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-04-27
- Publisher
- Butterworth-Heinemann
- Author
- Thomas Szirtes
Description
Applied Dimensional Analysis and Modeling provides the full mathematical background and step-by-step procedures for employing dimensional analyses, along with a wide range of applications to problems in engineering and applied science, such as fluid dynamics, heat flow, electromagnetics, astronomy and economics. This new edition offers additional worked-out examples in mechanics, physics, geometry, hydrodynamics, and biometry. Covers 4 essential aspects and applications: principal characteristics of dimensional systems, applications of dimensional techniques in engineering, mathematics and geometry, applications in biosciences, biometry and economics, applications in astronomy and physics Offers more than 250 worked-out examples and problems with solutions Provides detailed descriptions of techniques of both dimensional analysis and dimensional modeling
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