Introducing scale analysis by way of a pendulum

European Journal of Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 289-299

  Lira, Ignacio ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); PROBLEM SOLVING;

DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; SCALE ANALYSIS;

PENDULUMS;

EID: 34249097126     PISSN: 01430807     EISSN: 13616404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/28/2/014     Document Type: Article

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