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Scaling Phenomena in Fluid Mechanics

Scaling Phenomena in Fluid Mechanics

Scaling Phenomena in Fluid Mechanics

Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt, University of Cambridge
January 1995
Unavailable - out of print October 2001
Paperback
9780521469203
Out of Print
Paperback

    This book presents the text of the inaugural lecture given by Professor G. I. Barenblatt on appointment to the G. I. Taylor Professorship of Fluid Mechanics. Fittingly, Professor Barenblatt chose to present a study of scaling phenomena in several topics studied by G. I. Taylor throughout his varied career.

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    January 1995
    Paperback
    9780521469203
    0 pages
    188 × 125 × 5 mm
    0.055kg
    9 b/w illus.
    Unavailable - out of print October 2001

    Table of Contents

    • Introduction
    • Scaling: very intense explosion
    • Modified problem of very intense explosion
    • Dimensional analysis: intermediate asymptotics
    • Singular perturbations
    • Intermediate asymptotics: turbulent flow in pipes
    • Intermediate asymptotics: fatigue crack propagation.
      Author
    • Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt , University of Cambridge

      G. I. Barenblatt is Emeritus G. I. Taylor Professor of Fluid Mechanics at the University of Cambridge, Emeritus Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and Principal Scientist in the Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.