Overview
Provides ample and detailed examples of how dimensional analysis is applied to solve problems in various branches of mechanics
Adopts the approach that begins by separating the dependent variables from the independent variables on the basis of a physical analysis of the problem
Reflects the rich research results on explosion mechanics and impact dynamics at the author’s group headed by Prof. C. M. Cheng during the past forty years
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Dimensional analysis is an essential scientific method and a powerful tool for solving problems in physics and engineering. This book starts by introducing the Pi Theorem, which is the theoretical foundation of dimensional analysis. It also provides ample and detailed examples of how dimensional analysis is applied to solving problems in various branches of mechanics. The book covers the extensive findings on explosion mechanics and impact dynamics contributed by the author’s research group over the past forty years at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The book is intended for research scientists and engineers working in the fields of physics and engineering, as well as graduate students and advanced undergraduates of the related fields.
Qing-Ming Tan is a former Professor at the Institute of Mechanics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“The reader is attracted by the variety of technological problems treatable with dimensional analysis, like resistance of ships, lubrication, water waves, deflections of beams, fracture, explosions, blasting and jets. Another merit of the book is that of the correct formulation of the mathematical versions of the problems considered. … recommended to specialists or to students.” (Piero Villaggio, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1233, 2012)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Dimensional Analysis
Book Subtitle: With Case Studies in Mechanics
Authors: Qing-Ming Tan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19234-0
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-19233-3Published: 08 June 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44806-5Published: 07 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-19234-0Published: 06 June 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 186
Additional Information: An enlarged English edition based on the Chinese edition, Lianggang Fenxi, published by The Press of University of Science and Technology of China in 2005.
Topics: Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Classical and Continuum Physics, Functional Analysis, Civil Engineering, Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics