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Hi PF!
I'm doing some scaling over a PDE and I understand the math side of things but I do not understand the physical side of what we are finding.
For example, suppose we have some PDE, say 2-D continuity for it's simplicity ##u_x + v_y = 0##. Let ##L## be the length of a side of a flowing channel and the height of the channel be ##H##. Now if ##x## scales as ##L## and ##y## scales as ##H## and if the mainstream velocity coming into the channel is ##U## then we may write ##U H/L \sim v##. What is actually being said here? That the vertical velocity is maximized as ##U H/L##? Please help!
Thanks a ton!
I'm doing some scaling over a PDE and I understand the math side of things but I do not understand the physical side of what we are finding.
For example, suppose we have some PDE, say 2-D continuity for it's simplicity ##u_x + v_y = 0##. Let ##L## be the length of a side of a flowing channel and the height of the channel be ##H##. Now if ##x## scales as ##L## and ##y## scales as ##H## and if the mainstream velocity coming into the channel is ##U## then we may write ##U H/L \sim v##. What is actually being said here? That the vertical velocity is maximized as ##U H/L##? Please help!
Thanks a ton!