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Dimensional analysis

26 fevereiro 2018, 13:00 • José Maria Campos da Silva André

Dimensionless groups as ratios of characteristic scales.

Problems of incomplete similitude: scaling of hydrodynamic resistance of hulls.

Dimensional analysis

22 fevereiro 2018, 14:30 • José Maria Campos da Silva André

How the dimensional groups appear in the physical equations. Reynolds, Froude and Strouhal.
Mores examples of dimensional analysis. Problems with cavitation, moving boundaries (e.g. propellers), etc.

Dimensional analysis

21 fevereiro 2018, 13:00 • José Maria Campos da Silva André

Examples of dimensional analysis. Problems with gravity (namely free surface waves), coupling of flow forces with elastic structures...

Several important dimensionless numbers.

Presentation. Dimensional analysis

19 fevereiro 2018, 13:30 • José Maria Campos da Silva André

Presentation of the course.


Buckingham's theorem and outline of dimensional analysis. Examples.