Scaling, Self-Similarity, and Intermediate Asymptotics: Dimensional Analysis and Intermediate Asymptotics

by Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt

Scaling laws reveal the fundamental property of phenomena, namely self-similarity - repeating in time and/or space - which substantially simplifies the mathematical modelling of the phenomena themselves. This book begins from a non-traditional exposition of dimensional analysis, physical similarity theory, and general theory of scaling phenomena, using classical examples to demonstrate that the onset of scaling is not until the influence of initial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521435226
• ISBN13: 9780521435222
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"