Introducing scale analysis by way of a pendulum

dc.contributor.authorLira, Ignacio
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-21T01:05:37Z
dc.date.available2025-01-21T01:05:37Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractEmpirical correlations are a practical means of providing approximate answers to problems in physics whose exact solution is otherwise difficult to obtain. The correlations relate quantities that are deemed to be important in the physical situation to which they apply, and can be derived from experimental data by means of dimensional and/or scale analysis. These techniques are discussed through two examples. The first example involves determining the period of a pendulum, for which a simple yet very accurate correlation at arbitrary amplitudes of oscillation is derived. The second example refers to a more practical application, that of obtaining a heat transfer coefficient. In the appendix, the proposed correlation for the period of the pendulum is compared with other approximate formulae in the literature.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/0143-0807/28/2/014
dc.identifier.eissn1361-6404
dc.identifier.issn0143-0807
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1088/0143-0807/28/2/014
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/95971
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000245489600014
dc.issue.numero2
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final299
dc.pagina.inicio289
dc.revistaEuropean journal of physics
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.titleIntroducing scale analysis by way of a pendulum
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen28
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