Fluid Mechanics and Machinery: Unit 3: Dimensional Analysis and Model Studies

Methods of Dimensional Analysis

From the above methods, the following two methods are generally used in dimensional analysis.

METHODS OF DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS

(i) Rayleigh's Ritz method

(ii) Buckingham's π - theorem

(iii) Bridgeman's method

(iv) Matrix - tensor method

(v) By visual inspection of the variables involved

(vi) Re-arrangement of differential equation

From the above methods, the following two methods are generally used in dimensional analysis.

(i) Rayleigh's Ritz method

(ii) Buckingham's π - theorem

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