Concept information
Preferred term
similarity solution
Definition(s)
- In the study of partial differential equations, particularly in fluid dynamics, a self-similar solution is a form of solution which is similar to itself if the independent and dependent variables are appropriately scaled. Self-similar solutions appear whenever the problem lacks a characteristic length or time scale (for example, the Blasius boundary layer of an infinite plate, but not of a finite-length plate). These include, for example, the Blasius boundary layer or the Sedov–Taylor shell. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-similar_solution)
Broader concept(s)
Synonym(s)
- self-similar solution
- selfsimilar solution
In other languages
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French
URI
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