THE USE OF THE GOVERNING EQUATIONS IN DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS

Abstract

An idea is developed that the most effective use of dimensional analysis in fluid mechanics is to combine it with the known mathematical form of the governing equations. It is shown that additional information can frequently be obtained in this way, especially when physical approximations can be reasonably made.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0296599

Entities

People

  • Robert R. Long

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Flow
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Contracts
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Government Procurement
  • Mechanics
  • Military Research
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Reynolds Number
  • Steady Flow
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)