Progress in Scale Modeling - Summary of the First International Symposium on Scale Modeling (ISSM I in 1988) and Selected Papers from Subsequent Symposia (ISSM II in 1997 through ISSM V in 2006) (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008)

Scale modeling can play an important role in R&D. When engineers receive some ideas in new product development, they can test how the new design looks by bui- ing scale models and they can get an actual feeling with the prototype through their imagination. Professor Emori often said: "When children play with a toy airplane, their mind is wondering about the prototype airplane which they haven't ridden. " Children can use the scale model airplane as a means to enter into an imagi- tive world of wonder by testing in their own way how the actual airplane might function, how the actual airplane can maneuver aerodynamically, what might be the actual sound of a jet engine, how to safely land the actual airplane, and so on. This imagination that scale models can provide for children will help them later develop professional intuition. Physical scale models can never be entirely succe- fully replaced by computer screens where virtual models are displayed and fancy functions are demonstrated. Not only children but also adults can learn things by actually touching things only offered by physical models, helping all of us develop imagination and feeling eventually leading toward Kufu. Einstein's famous "thought experiments [11]," which helped him to restructure modern physics may possibly and effectively be taught by letting researchers play with scale models!? References 1. I. Emori, K. Saito, and K. Sekimoto, Mokei Jikken no Riron to Ouyou (Scale Models in Engineering: Its Theory and Application), Gihodo, Tokyo, Third Edition, 2000.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Release date:	October 2010
First published:	2008
Editors:	Kozo Saito
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	508
Edition:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
ISBN-13:	978-90-481-7951-0
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > General Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > Engineering: general Books > Professional & Technical > Energy technology & engineering > General Books > Professional & Technical > Civil engineering, surveying & building > General Books > Professional & Technical > Mechanical engineering & materials > Mechanical engineering > General
LSN:	90-481-7951-3
Barcode:	9789048179510

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