Buch, Englisch, Band 34, 186 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 431 g
Buch, Englisch, Band 34, 186 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 431 g
Reihe: Cambridge Texts in Applied Mathematics
ISBN: 978-0-521-82657-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Many phenomena in nature, engineering or society when seen at an intermediate distance, in space or time, exhibit the remarkable property of self-similarity: they reproduce themselves as scales change, subject to so-called scaling laws. It's crucial to know the details of these laws, so that mathematical models can be properly formulated and analysed, and the phenomena in question can be more deeply understood. The author describes and teaches the art of discovering scaling laws, starting from dimensional analysis and physical similarity, which are here given a modern treatment. He demonstrates the concepts of intermediate asymptotics and the renormalisation group as natural attributes of self-similarity and shows how and when these notions and tools can be used to tackle the task at hand, and when they cannot. Based on courses taught to undergraduate and graduate students, the book can also be used for self-study by biologists, chemists, astronomers, engineers and geoscientists.
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Fachgebiete
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Theoretische Physik, Mathematische Physik, Computerphysik
- Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Angewandte Mathematik, Mathematische Modelle
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Geschichte der Physik
- Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Computeranwendungen in der Technik
- Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Computeranwendungen in der Mathematik
- Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik Computeranwendungen in Wissenschaft & Technologie
- Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Professionelle Anwendung Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Experimentalphysik
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Foreword; Introduction; 1. Dimensional analysis and physical similarity; 2. Self-similarity and intermediate asymptotics; 3. Scaling laws and self-similar solutions which cannot be obtained by dimensional analysis; 4. Complete and incomplete similarity; 5. Scaling and transformation groups and the renormalisation group; 6. Self-similar solutions and traveling waves; 7. Scaling laws and fractals; 8. Scaling laws for turbulent wall-bounded shear flows at very large Reynolds numbers; References; Index.
