Dimensional Analysis and the Theory of Natural Units,
Abstract
The document has been prepared as a text on dimensional analysis for students of Aeronautics at this School. It develops the subject from a viewpoint which is inadequately treated in most standard tests but which the author's experience has shown to be valuable to students and professionals alike. The analysis treats two types of consistent units, namely, fixed units and natural units. Fixed units include those encountered in the various familiar English and metric systems. Natural units are not fixed in magnitude once and for all but depend on certain physical reference parameters which change with the problem under consideration. Detailed rules are given for the orderly choice of such dimensional reference parameters and for their use in various applications. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1971
- Accession Number
- AD0735128
Entities
People
- T. H. Gawain
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School