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Applied Dimensional Analysis and Modeling
About this book
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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Table of contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- About the Author
- LIST OF TITLED EXAMPLES AND PROBLEMS
- FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION
- FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
- ORGANIZATION, NOTATION, AND CONVENTIONS
- Chapter 1: MATHEMATICAL PRELIMINARIES
- Chapter 2: FORMATS AND CLASSIFICATION
- Chapter 3: DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS
- Chapter 4: TRANSFORMATION OF DIMENSIONS
- Chapter 5: ARITHMETIC OF DIMENSIONS
- Chapter 6: DIMENSIONAL HOMOGENEITY
- Chapter 7: STRUCTURE OF PHYSICAL RELATIONS
- Chapter 8: SYSTEMATIC DETERMINATION OF COMPLETE SET OF PRODUCTS OF VARIABLES
- Chapter 9: TRANSFORMATIONS
- Chapter 10: NUMBER OF SETS OF DIMENSIONLESS PRODUCTS OF VARIABLES
- Chapter 11: RELEVANCY OF VARIABLES
- Chapter 12: ECONOMY OF GRAPHICAL PRESENTATION
- Chapter 13: FORMS OF DIMENSIONLESS RELATIONS
- Chapter 14: SEQUENCE OF VARIABLES IN THE DIMENSIONAL SET
- Chapter 15: ALTERNATE DIMENSIONS
- Chapter 16: METHODS OF REDUCING THE NUMBER OF DIMENSIONLESS VARIABLES
- Chapter 17: DIMENSIONAL MODELING
- Chapter 18: FIFTY-TWO ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS
- References
- Appendices
- Indices