Levels of Simplification. The Use of Assumptions, Restrictions, and Constraints in Engineering Analysis.

Whitaker, Stephen

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Publication Date: 1988

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Levels of Simplification. The Use of Assumptions, Restrictions, and Constraints in Engineering Analysis.

Whitaker, Stephen

Chemical Engineering Education, v22 n2 p104-08 Spr 1988

Describes the use of assumptions, restrictions, and constraints in solving difficult analytical problems in engineering. Uses the Navier-Stokes equations as examples to demonstrate use, derivations, advantages, and disadvantages of the technique. (RT)

Descriptors: College Science, Computation, Engineering, Engineering Education, Equations (Mathematics), Functions (Mathematics), Heat, Higher Education, Physics, Science Education, Thermodynamics, Transformations (Mathematics), Vectors (Mathematics)

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