Don S. Lemons

Student's Guide to Dimensional Analysis (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108145824
• Artikelnr.: 49046802

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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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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.

Rezensionen

'This short book provides an introduction to dimensional analysis, covering its history, methods and formalisation, and shows its application to a number of physics and engineering problems. ... Aimed primarily at physics and engineering students in their first university courses, it can also be useful to experienced students and professionals. Being concise and providing problems with solutions at the end of each chapter, the book is ideal for self study.' Virginia Greco, CERN Courier