Introduction
Summing up, dimensional analysis is based on the homogeneity property of physical equations. Homogeneity is a further constraint on mathematical equations that is a necessary condition for correctness of physical equations. The fundamental result of dimensional analysis is the Buckingham pi theorem, which establishes the existence of dimensionless representation of physical equations. The dimensionless representation is useful in several ways, one of them is to establish dimensional similarity between systems.
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