Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Scaling /G I Barenblatt

By: G I BarenblattContributor(s): G I BarenblattMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P)LTD. | ;7/22,Anasri Road, Daryaganj,New Delhi-110002Series: Cambridge texts in applied mathematicsPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2003Description: xiv, 171 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN: 9781316608395Subject(s): PhysicsGenre/Form: Scaling laws (Statistical physics)DDC classification: 530.1595 BAR

Contents:

1. Dimensional analysis and physical similarity -- 2. Self-similarity and intermediate asymptotics -- 3. Scaling laws and self-similar solutions that cannot be obtained by dimensional analysis -- 4. Complete and incomplete similarity: Self-similar solutions of the first and second kind -- 5. Scaling and transformation groups: Renormalization group -- 6. Self-similar phenomena and travelling waves -- 7. Scaling laws and fractals -- 8. Scaling laws for turbulent wall-bounded shear flows at very large Reynolds numbers.

Summary: In this work, the author describes and teaches the art of discovering scaling laws, starting from dimensional analysis and physical similarity.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 2 )
Comments ( 0 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	SNU LIBRARY	530.1595 BAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		25656

Total holds: 0

Browsing SNU LIBRARY shelves Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous								Next
Previous	530.157 DUF Differential equations of applied mathematics.	530.159 FOR Hydrodynamic fluctuations, broken symmetry, and correlation functions /	530.159 FOR Hydrodynamic fluctuations, broken symmetry, and correlation functions /	530.1595 BAR Scaling	530.1595 FIS Excursions in the Land of Statistical Physics	530.15950285 SAN Computational Statistical Physics	530.3 HIL Dictionary of Physics	Next

1. Dimensional analysis and physical similarity --
2. Self-similarity and intermediate asymptotics --
3. Scaling laws and self-similar solutions that cannot be obtained by dimensional analysis --
4. Complete and incomplete similarity: Self-similar solutions of the first and second kind --
5. Scaling and transformation groups: Renormalization group --
6. Self-similar phenomena and travelling waves --
7. Scaling laws and fractals --
8. Scaling laws for turbulent wall-bounded shear flows at very large Reynolds numbers.

In this work, the author describes and teaches the art of discovering scaling laws, starting from dimensional analysis and physical similarity.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.