Dimensional analysis revisited

The applicability of dimensional analysis (DA) is discussed in relation to the metabolic scaling laws. The evolution of different theories of biological similarity has shown that the calculated reduced exponents (b) of Huxley's allometric equation are closely correlated with the numerical value...

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Main Authors: BRUNO GÜNTHER, ENRIQUE MORGADO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2003-01-01
Series:Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602003000300011