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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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–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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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 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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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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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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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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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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stiffness matrices are known, the Rayleigh quotient can be derived starting from the equation of motion. The eigenvalue problem for a general system of the...
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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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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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Finite element method (redirect from Finite element problem)
drawing on a large body of earlier results for PDEs developed by Lord Rayleigh, Walther Ritz, and Boris Galerkin. The application of FEM gained momentum...
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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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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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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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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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Dimensional analysis (redirect from Rayleigh's method of dimensional analysis)
the first time in this way in 1872 by Lord Rayleigh, who was trying to understand why the sky is blue. Rayleigh first published the technique in his 1877...
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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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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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Sonoluminescence (category Unsolved problems in physics)
is characterized to a first approximation by the Rayleigh–Plesset equation (named after Lord Rayleigh and Milton Plesset): R R ¨ + 3 2 R ˙ 2 = 1 ρ ( P...
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Calculus of variations (redirect from Variational problem)
u_{1}(x)} . This variational characterization of eigenvalues leads to the Rayleigh–Ritz method: choose an approximating u {\displaystyle u} as a linear combination...
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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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