The book serves both as a reference for various scaled models with corresponding dimensionless numbers, and as a resource for learning the art of scaling.  A special feature of the book is the emphasis on how to create software for scaled models, based on existing software for unscaled models. Scaling (or non-dimensionalization) is a mathematical technique that greatly simplifies the setting of input parameters in numerical simulations. Moreover, scaling enhances the understanding of how different physical processes interact in a differential equation model. Compared to the existing literature, where the topic of scaling is frequently encountered, but very often in only a brief and shallow setting, the present book gives much more thorough explanations of how to reason about finding the right scales. This process is highly problem dependent, and therefore the book features a lot of worked examples, from very simple ODEs to systems of PDEs, especially from fluid mechanics. The text is easily accessible and example-driven. The first part on ODEs fits even a lower undergraduate level, while the most advanced multiphysics fluid mechanics examples target the graduate level. The scientific literature is full of scaled models, but in most of the cases, the scales are just stated without thorough mathematical reasoning. This book explains how the scales are found mathematically. This book will be a valuable read for anyone doing numerical simulations based on ordinary or partial differential equations.
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The book serves both as a reference forvarious scaled models with corresponding dimensionless numbers, and as aresource for learning the art of scaling. The scientific literature is full of scaled models, but in mostof the cases, the scales are just stated without thorough mathematicalreasoning.
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Preface.- 1 Dimensions and Units.- 2 Ordinary Differential Equations Models.- 3 Basic Partial Differential Equations Models.- Advanced Partial Differential Equations Models.- References.- Index.
This is an open access book, the electronic versions are freely accessible online.
No comparable book exists Scaling is a classical topic in applied mathematics, but here strongly connected to numerical simulations The book contains a wide range of examples, of differing complexity, from many different scientific fields Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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ISBN
9783319327259
Publisert
2016-06-24
Utgiver
Vendor
Springer International Publishing AG
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
Upper undergraduate, P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Om bidragsyterne

Hans Petter Langtangen is a professor of computer science at the University of Oslo. He has formerly been a professor of mechanics and is now the director of a Norwegian Center of Excellence: "Center for Biomedical Computing", at Simula Research Laboratory. Langtangen has published over 100 scientific publications and written several books, including papers and the bestseller TCSE 6 "A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python", now in its 5th edition. He has also developed open source and commercial software systems for computational sciences.

Geir K. Pedersen is a professor of mechanics at the Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo. He has a life-long experience in fluid dynamics and mathematical modeling. Pedersen has published articles on wave theory, numerical modeling, perturbation techniques, tsunamis, hydrodynamic stability and experimental fluid dynamics.