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Highlights: An extended groupwork activity on the HP equation that can help students get a handle on dimensional analysis.
Abstract: This groupwork activity has students work through a moderately complex problem in dimensional analysis relevant to biologists: the Hagen-Poissuille equation describing viscous fluid flow. The lesson is highly scaffolded without being algorithmic. Appropriate either for a recitation or a large lecture class with groupwork structures available.
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Fluid Mechanics > Dynamics of Fluids > Hagen-Poiseuille Equation

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Human and Animal Physiology

Medical Applications

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Algebra

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Copyright:   2022 Edward Redish

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