Front Cover; Similitude and Modelling; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; A SIMPLE TECHNOLOGICAL PROBLEM; 1. Direct experiment; 2. Test run (the ""classical method""); 3. Experiment design; 4. Dimensional analysis; 5. Analytic solution; 6. Numerical solution; 7. Similitude modelling; 8. Analogy; Part I: THEORY; Chapter 1. The concept of similitude; Chapter 2. The similitude method; 2.1. Geometric similarity; 2.2. Similitude of phenomena; 2.3. Physical variables; 2.4. Dimensional homogeneity; 2.5. Criteria and invariants of similitude

Chapter 3. Physical fundamentals (transport theory)3.1. Extensities and intensities; 3.2. Balance equations (continuity equations); 3.3. A classification of technological processes; Chapter 4. Types of problems and their solution; 4.1. Types of problems; 4.2.Methods of solution; Chapter 5. Dimensional analysis; 5.1.The purpose of dimensional analysis; 5.2.The method of dimensional analysis; 5.3.Dimensional analysis and similitude; Chapter 6. Modelling; 6.1.The model concept; 6.2.The purpose of modelling; 6.3.Types of model; 6.4.Analogy

6.5.""Degrees of freedom"" and the freedom of choosing model parametersChapter 7. Approximate and partial modelling; 7.1.Approximate similitude; 7.2.Two-dimensional approximation; 7.3.Partial modelling; 7.4.Conclusions; Chapter 8. Preparation and evaluation of experiments; 8.1.Preliminary analysis; 8.2.Measurement errors; 8.3.Design of experiments; Chapter 9. General types of similitude invariants; Part II: APPLICA TIONS; Chapter 10. Heat conduction and diffusion; 10.1. Fundamental equations; 10.2. Examples; Chapter 11. Fluid dynamics; 11.1. The fundamental equations; 11.2. Examples

Chapter 12. Elastic deformation12.1. The fundamental equations; 12.2. Examples; Chapter 13. Chemical reactions; 13.1. The fundamental equations; 13.2. Examples; In place of a postscript; Annotated bibliography; Author and subject index