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BL
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658685
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Barenblatt, G. I
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| Title & Author
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Scaling /\ Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt
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| Series Statement
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Cambridge texts in applied mathematics
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xiv, 171 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0521826578
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: 9780521826570
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: 0521533945
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: 9780521533942
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-169) and index
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| Contents
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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
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| Abstract
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In this work, the author describes and teaches the art of discovering scaling laws, starting from dimensional analysis and physical similarity
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Scaling laws (Statistical physics)
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Schaalproblemen
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Schaalvergroting
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Wetmatigheden
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Wiskundige modellen
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| Dewey Classification
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530.15/95
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| LC Classification
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QC174.85.S34B36 2003
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