Diagrammatic models in the engineering sciences

Foundations of Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-142

  Boon, Mieke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagrammatic models; Engineering science; Experiments; Mathematical modelling; Methodology; Prandtl; Scientific practice

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING SCIENCE; GOOD SCIENTIFIC PRACTICES; MATHEMATICAL DESCRIPTIONS; METHODOLOGY; PRANDTL; RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES; SCIENTIFIC PRACTICE; SCIENTIFIC REASONING;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; EXPERIMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

MODELS;

EID: 48949116058     PISSN: 12331821     EISSN: 15728471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10699-008-9122-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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