Dimensional Analysis

• Main Author: Gibbings, J.C (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Edition: 1.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Mathematical analysis.; Analysis (Mathematics).; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Mechanical engineering.; Analysis.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Mechanical Engineering.

For experiments, dimensional analysis enables the design, checks the validity, orders the procedure and synthesises the data. Additionally it can provide relationships between variables where standard analysis is not available. This widely valuable analysis for engineers and scientists is here prese...

Table of Contents:

• 1. An Elementary Introduction
• 2. Concepts, Dimenstions and Units
• 3. The Pi-theorem
• 4. Development of Dimensional Analysis
• 5. The Choice of Dimensions
• 6. Supplementation of Derivations
• 7. Systematic Experiment
• 8. Analytical Results
• 9. Model Testing
• 10. Assessing Experimental Correlations
• 11. Similar Systems.