Article ID: CBB000049621

Scale models, similitude and dimensions: Aspects of mid-19th-century engineering science (1992)

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Description “This paper examines the type of theory used to justify the application of physical scale modelling to the solution of mid-19th century engineering problems. To do this, it discusses three particular examples: the initial Britannia Bridge breaking experiments of E. Hodgkinson, the vibrating railway bridge experiments of R. Willis and G.G. Stokes; and the ship resistance experiments of W. Froude. The theory invoked in these case histories is viewed against the background of the response of the contemporary engineering community and compared with the notion of engineering science as proposed by W.J.M. Rankine.” From the summary.


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Authors & Contributors
Marsden, Ben
Wilson, David Ball
Leggett, Don
Yoshida, Fumikazu
Rae, Ian D.
Pallett, J. E.
Concepts
Technology
Spectroscopy
Machines
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Applied science
Engineering, naval
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
Places
Great Britain
British Isles
United States
Institutions
University of Glasgow
University of Michigan
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