Lightning strikes on ships: an initial application of the similarity theory through scaled experimen

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Dimensional Analysis

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Specification of the r variables of the problem and their dimensions Definition of the dependent and independent variables Description of the dimensions of each variable based on a unit system formed by fundamental magnitudes Formation of the dimensional matrix (rank n ) and selection of the dimensionally independent subset of variables Calculation of the dimensionless k Î parameters ( k = r - n )


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