MODERN DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS INVOLVED IN ENGINEERING PROBLEMS

Abstract

Complex engineering problems are solved recently more and more often with the help of methods which use the correlation between real parts (prototype) and an appropriately chosen model. The authors have made a brief review of these methods, emphasizing their limitations. Starting from this primary information, the authors present a much more efficient, unitary and particularly accessible method to all engineers and researchers, i.e. Modern Dimensional Analysis, developed by Prof. Szirtes. After presenting the method, the authors illustrate the applicability and flexibility of the method with the help of an example from the field of linear displacement calculation.