In fluid dynamics, Rayleigh problem also known as Stokes first problem is a problem of determining the flow created by a sudden movement of an infinitely...
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John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, OM PC FRS (/ˈreɪli/; 12 November 1842 – 30 June 1919) was an English mathematician and physicist who made extensive...
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Self-similar solution (section Rayleigh problem)
there is no distinguished length scale given in the problem. This is known as the Rayleigh problem. The boundary conditions of no-slip is u ( y = 0 ) =...
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In probability theory and statistics, the Rayleigh distribution is a continuous probability distribution for nonnegative-valued random variables. Up to...
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Ultraviolet catastrophe (redirect from Rayleigh-Jeans Catastrophe)
The ultraviolet catastrophe, also called the Rayleigh–Jeans catastrophe, was the prediction of late 19th century and early 20th century classical physics...
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In mathematics, the Rayleigh quotient (/ˈreɪ.li/) for a given complex Hermitian matrix M {\displaystyle M} and nonzero vector x {\displaystyle x} is defined...
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Rayleigh waves are a type of surface acoustic wave that travel along the surface of solids. They can be produced in materials in many ways, such as by...
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The Rayleigh–Taylor instability, or RT instability (after Lord Rayleigh and G. I. Taylor), is an instability of an interface between two fluids of different...
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Rayleigh–Ritz method is a direct numerical method of approximating eigenvalues, originated in the context of solving physical boundary value problems...
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In fluid thermodynamics, Rayleigh–Bénard convection is a type of natural convection, occurring in a planar horizontal layer of fluid heated from below...
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Rayleigh and Brace Rayleigh bandwidth Rayleigh beamwidth Rayleigh–Carson reciprocity Rayl, rayl or Rayleigh Rayleigh–Faber–Krahn inequality Rayleigh–Jeans...
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Rayleigh quotient iteration is an eigenvalue algorithm which extends the idea of the inverse iteration by using the Rayleigh quotient to obtain increasingly...
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plane is μ U ℜ { k csc k h } {\displaystyle \mu U\Re \{k\csc kh\}} . Rayleigh problem Wang, C. Y. (1991). "Exact solutions of the steady-state Navier-Stokes...
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In fluid dynamics, Rayleigh's equation or Rayleigh stability equation is a linear ordinary differential equation to study the hydrodynamic stability of...
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Scattering (redirect from Direct scattering problem)
diameters, the problem of electromagnetic scattering by spheres was first solved by Gustav Mie, and scattering by spheres larger than the Rayleigh range is...
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varied by varying the pendulum length), named after Lord Rayleigh and Hendrik Lorentz. This problem formed the basis for the concept of adiabatic invariants...
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Mie scattering (redirect from Rayleigh–Gans)
weakly. This is in contrast to Rayleigh scattering for small particles and Rayleigh–Gans–Debye scattering (after Lord Rayleigh, Richard Gans and Peter Debye)...
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Meyer Rayleigh flow Inviscid compressible flow with heat transfer Lord Rayleigh Rayleigh problem Flow due to sudden movement of a wall Lord Rayleigh Schlichting...
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Taylor–Couette flow (redirect from Rayleigh criterion (Taylor–Couette flow))
_{2}}{\Omega _{1}}},\quad \eta ={\frac {R_{1}}{R_{2}}}.} Lord Rayleigh studied the stability of the problem with inviscid assumption i.e., perturbing Euler equations...
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In fluid mechanics, the Rayleigh–Plesset equation or Besant–Rayleigh–Plesset equation is a nonlinear ordinary differential equation which governs the dynamics...
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Anomaloscope (redirect from Rayleigh match)
that the anomaloscope is defined to. There are four different matches: Rayleigh Match – a test light at 589 nm (yellow) and mixture lights at 545 nm (yellow-green)...
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Sturm–Liouville theory (redirect from Sturm-Liouville problem)
In mathematics and its applications, a Sturm–Liouville problem is a second-order linear ordinary differential equation of the form d d x [ p ( x ) d y...
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Beatty sequence (section Rayleigh theorem)
after Samuel Beatty, who wrote about them in 1926. Rayleigh's theorem, named after Lord Rayleigh, states that the complement of a Beatty sequence, consisting...
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Seismic wave (section Rayleigh waves)
earthquakes can have globally observable amplitude of several centimeters. Rayleigh waves, also called ground roll, are surface waves that propagate with motions...
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Boussinesq approximation (buoyancy) (redirect from Boussinesq's problem)
generally used dimensionless number would be the Richardson number and Rayleigh number. The mathematics of the flow is therefore simpler because the density...
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increases. Rayleigh, Lord Rayleigh, and 3rd Baron Rayleigh are the titles of John William Strutt, after the death of his father, the 2nd Baron Rayleigh. Lord...
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Drag equation (redirect from Rayleigh drag equation)
Reynolds number and the Mach number. The equation is attributed to Lord Rayleigh, who originally used L2 in place of A (with L being some linear dimension)...
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Lamb waves (redirect from Rayleigh–Lamb waves)
testing. The term Rayleigh–Lamb waves embraces the Rayleigh wave, a type of wave that propagates along a single surface. Both Rayleigh and Lamb waves are...
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multi-step steepest descent for eigenvalue problems was described in. Local minimization of the Rayleigh quotient on the subspace spanned by the current...
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Hermitian matrix (section Rayleigh quotient)
Also known as the Rayleigh–Ritz ratio; named after Walther Ritz and Lord Rayleigh. Parlet B. N. The symmetric eigenvalue problem, SIAM, Classics in Applied...
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