A Student's Guide to Dimensional Analysis

A Student's Guide to Dimensional Analysis

by Don S. Lemons
ISBN-10:
1107161150
ISBN-13:
9781107161153
Pub. Date:
03/16/2017
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10:
1107161150
ISBN-13:
9781107161153
Pub. Date:
03/16/2017
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
A Student's Guide to Dimensional Analysis

A Student's Guide to Dimensional Analysis

by Don S. Lemons
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Overview

This introduction to dimensional analysis covers the methods, history and formalisation of the field, and provides physics and engineering applications. Covering topics from mechanics, hydro- and electrodynamics to thermal and quantum physics, it illustrates the possibilities and limitations of dimensional analysis. Introducing basic physics and fluid engineering topics through the mathematical methods of dimensional analysis, this book is perfect for students in physics, engineering and mathematics. Explaining potentially unfamiliar concepts such as viscosity and diffusivity, the text includes worked examples and end-of-chapter problems with answers provided in an accompanying appendix, which help make it ideal for self-study. Long-standing methodological problems arising in popular presentations of dimensional analysis are also identified and solved, making the book a useful text for advanced students and professionals.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781107161153
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 03/16/2017
Series: Student's Guides
Edition description: Student
Pages: 112
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.43(d)

About the Author

Don S. Lemons is Professor Emeritus of Physics at Bethel College, Kansas, and has served as an assistant editor of the American Journal of Physics. He is a member of the American Physical Society and his research focuses primarily on plasma physics.

Table of Contents

Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Mechanics; 3. Hydrodynamics; 4. Temperature and heat; 5. Electrodynamics and plasma physics; 6. Quantum physics; 7. Dimensional cosmology; 8. Appendix. Answers to problems; Index.
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