Scaling Phenomena in Fluid Mechanics

G. I. Barenblatt is Emeritus G. I. Taylor Professor of Fluid Mechanics at the University of Cambridge, Emeritus Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and Principal Scientist in the Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.

Introduction; Scaling: very intense explosion; Modified problem of very intense explosion; Dimensional analysis: intermediate asymptotics; Singular perturbations; Intermediate asymptotics: turbulent flow in pipes; Intermediate asymptotics: fatigue crack propagation.