THE METHOD OF CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES IN A PHYSICAL MODEL
Keywords:
scaling and similitude, instrumentation, challenges and limitations.Abstract
The article describes challenges and limitations in model design and scaling, experimental setup and instrumentation, experimental design, and data analysis.
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