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Chapter 3: More Tools (Dimensional Analysis (Steps to Dimensional…
Chapter 3: More Tools
Dimensional Analysis
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Langhaar: "...a method by which we deduce information about a phenomenon from the single premise that the phenomenon can be described by a dimensionally correct equation among certain variables."
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Dimensionless Numbers
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Dragginess: The Drag Coefficient : 
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Walking on Water: The Bond Number 
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Rates and Gradients
Temperature Gradients
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relationship between heat loss and temperature gradient is important constraint in the design of animals
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Dealing with Shape
Center of Gravity
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point on object which the entire downward force of it and any other weights act as a concentrated force
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Moments of Area
Think individual sections/cross sectional areas that make up a whole-- Calculations of integration a single two dimension can estimate the entire area of an object
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