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Dimensional Analysis

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distler Administator 20 posts

In class, we did two examples of dimensional analysis.

In the first, we deduced how h(t), the height of water in the bucket, depended on d, the diameter of the bucket:

h(t)=k˜td 2h(t) = \frac{\tilde{k} t}{d^2}

where k˜ is a constant (which depends on how fast the water is dripping from the tap) of dimensions [L 3/T].

In the second example, we deduced that the period of a pendulum,

T/gT \sim \sqrt{\ell/g}

Can you think of other examples?

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