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7 Jul 2009 15:30:20 IST

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what are the limitation of dimensional analysis?

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what are the limitation of dimensional analysis?

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Anirudh Kumar

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7 Jul 2009 19:09:53 IST

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gor one you can't determine the constant (if any) .

and a dimensionally correct formula may not be a correct one.

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10 Jul 2009 18:08:13 IST

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You can only dimensionally verify the formula and thus predict the power dependence of one quantity on another. But you can not find the associated proportionality constaant in the formula.

kushagra sharma

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18 Jul 2009 03:33:36 IST

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first understand the lowest level of formula took them in m.k.s.system &then u can

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