Scale invariance : self-similarity of the physical world / / Richard N. Henriksen
| Scale invariance : self-similarity of the physical world / / Richard N. Henriksen |
| Autore | Henriksen R. N. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Weinheim, Germany : , : Wiley-VCH, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.1595 |
| Soggetto topico |
Scaling laws (Statistical physics)
Self-similar processes Statistical mechanics |
| ISBN |
3-527-68735-1
3-527-68734-3 3-527-68733-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover ""; ""Contents ""; ""Preface ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Chapter 1 Arbitrary Measures of the Physical World ""; ""1.1 Similarity ""; ""1.2 Dimensional Similarity ""; ""1.3 Physical Equations and the 'Pi' Theorem ""; ""1.4 Applications of the Pi Theorem ""
""1.4.1 Plane Pendulum """"1.4.2 Pipe Flow of a Fluid ""; ""1.4.3 Steady Motion of a Rigid Object in Viscous 'Fluid' ""; ""1.4.4 Diffusion and Self-Similarity ""; ""1.4.5 Ship Wave Drag ""; ""1.4.6 Adiabatic Gas Flow ""; ""1.4.7 Time-Dependent Adiabatic Flow "" ""1.4.8 Point Explosion in a Gaseous Medium """"1.4.9 Applications in Fundamental Physics ""; ""1.4.10 Drag on a Flexible Object in Steady Motion ""; ""1.4.11 Dimensional Analysis of Mammals ""; ""1.4.12 Trees ""; ""References ""; ""Chapter 2 Lie Groups and Scaling Symmetry "" ""2.1 The Rescaling Group """"2.1.1 Rescaling Physical Objects ""; ""2.1.2 Reconciliation with the Buckingham Pi Theorem ""; ""2.1.3 Rescaling and Self-Similarity as a Lie Algebra ""; ""2.1.4 Practical Lie Self-Similarity ""; ""2.2 Familiar Physical Examples "" ""3.2.1 Self-Similar Lorentz Boost "" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910131305903321 |
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| Weinheim, Germany : , : Wiley-VCH, , 2015 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Scale invariance : self-similarity of the physical world / / Richard N. Henriksen
| Scale invariance : self-similarity of the physical world / / Richard N. Henriksen |
| Autore | Henriksen R. N. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Weinheim, Germany : , : Wiley-VCH, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.1595 |
| Soggetto topico |
Scaling laws (Statistical physics)
Self-similar processes Statistical mechanics |
| ISBN |
3-527-68735-1
3-527-68734-3 3-527-68733-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover ""; ""Contents ""; ""Preface ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Chapter 1 Arbitrary Measures of the Physical World ""; ""1.1 Similarity ""; ""1.2 Dimensional Similarity ""; ""1.3 Physical Equations and the 'Pi' Theorem ""; ""1.4 Applications of the Pi Theorem ""
""1.4.1 Plane Pendulum """"1.4.2 Pipe Flow of a Fluid ""; ""1.4.3 Steady Motion of a Rigid Object in Viscous 'Fluid' ""; ""1.4.4 Diffusion and Self-Similarity ""; ""1.4.5 Ship Wave Drag ""; ""1.4.6 Adiabatic Gas Flow ""; ""1.4.7 Time-Dependent Adiabatic Flow "" ""1.4.8 Point Explosion in a Gaseous Medium """"1.4.9 Applications in Fundamental Physics ""; ""1.4.10 Drag on a Flexible Object in Steady Motion ""; ""1.4.11 Dimensional Analysis of Mammals ""; ""1.4.12 Trees ""; ""References ""; ""Chapter 2 Lie Groups and Scaling Symmetry "" ""2.1 The Rescaling Group """"2.1.1 Rescaling Physical Objects ""; ""2.1.2 Reconciliation with the Buckingham Pi Theorem ""; ""2.1.3 Rescaling and Self-Similarity as a Lie Algebra ""; ""2.1.4 Practical Lie Self-Similarity ""; ""2.2 Familiar Physical Examples "" ""3.2.1 Self-Similar Lorentz Boost "" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828806903321 |
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| Weinheim, Germany : , : Wiley-VCH, , 2015 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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