Format:
xxii, 386 S. : graph. Darst., Ill.
Edition:
Repr., first publ. 1996
ISBN:
9780521435222
Series Statement:
Cambridge texts in applied mathematics 14
Content:
1. Dimensions, dimensional analysis and similarity; 2. The application of dimensional analysis to the construction of intermediate asymptotic solutions to problems of mathematical physics. Self-similar solutions; 3. Self-similarities of the second kind: first examples; 4. Self-similarities of the second kind: further examples; 5. Classification of similarity rules and self-similarity solutions. Recipe for application of similarity analysis; 6. Scaling and transformation groups. Renormalization groups. 7. Self-similar solutions and travelling waves; 8. Invariant solutions: special problems of the theory; 9. Scaling in deformation and fracture in solids; 10. Scaling in turbulence; 11. Scaling in geophysical fluid dynamics; 12. Scaling: miscellaneous special problems.
Note:
MAB0014.001: M 15.0120
In:
Cambridge texts in applied mathematics
