11.1 Errata to: Q.-M. Tan, Dimensional Analysis, DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-44690-4_11

The original version of this book unfortunately contains the following mistakes:

Page VI

Line 11

‘Zhemin Zheng’ should read ‘Zhemin Zheng (C. M. Cheng)’

Page VII

Line 8

‘altered’ should read ‘alters’

Page VII

Line 7 from the bottom

‘depended’ should read ‘depends’

Page 4

Line 11

‘assumed length’ should read ‘assumed _ length’

Page 9

Line 1 from the bottom

\( \frac{\alpha }{r_m} \) should read \( \frac{\beta }{r_m} \)

Page 10

Line 2

\( \frac{\alpha }{r_m} \) should read \( \frac{\gamma }{r_m} \)

Page 15

Line 12 from the bottom

‘force’ should read ‘forces’

Page 24

Line 17–18

‘functions approach corresponding constants, provided Re → ’ should read ‘are slowly varying functions of the flow Reynolds number Re’

Page 35

Line 1 from the bottom

\( \frac{dM}{dA} \) should read \( \frac{dM}{M} = \)

Page 42

Line 5 from the bottom

\( \left( {\frac{{\partial {V_i}}}{{\partial {X_j}}} + \frac{{\partial {V_i}}}{{\partial {X_j}}}} \right) \) should read \( \left( {\frac{{\partial {V_i}}}{{\partial {X_j}}} + \frac{{\partial {V_j}}}{{\partial {X_i}}}} \right) \)

Page 68

Line 1 from the bottom

‘other two’ should read ‘rest’

Page 75

Line 4

‘tensile strength’ should read ‘strength’

Page 77

Line 6 from the bottom

‘there can be use of derived characteristic length d and’ should read ‘the physical explanation for the characteristic length d could be elucidated by’

Page 77

Line 5 from the bottom

‘of. Eringen’ should read ‘of A. C. Eringen’

Page 78

Line 10 from the bottom

‘is based’ should read ‘is not based’

Page 79

Line 1 from the bottom

‘crystal’ should read ‘Crystal’

Page 90

Line 9

\( k\left( {\frac{x_i}{l},\frac{t}{t_0}} \right) \) should read \( k\left( {\frac{x}{l},\frac{y}{l},\frac{z}{l},\frac{t}{t_0}} \right) \)

Page 115

Line 5

‘and propagation laws of explosion waves’ should be deleted

Page 115

Line 6

‘caused by intense explosion of point sourse.’ Should read ‘and propagation law of explosion wave.’

Page 174

Line 8 from the bottom

\( - \frac{1}{\rho }\frac{\partial p}{\partial x} \) should read \( - \frac{1}{\rho }\frac{\partial p}{\partial y} \)

Page 175

Line 8

‘In a flat’ should read ‘for a flat’

Page 183

Line 16 in the right column

‘estension’ should read ‘extension’