Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications
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ISBN: 9781259696534
Author: Yunus A. Cengel Dr., John M. Cimbala
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 7, Problem 92P
From fundamental electronics, the current flowing through a capacitor at any instant of time is equal to the capacitance times the late of change of voltage (electromotive force) across the capacitor,
Write the primary dimensions of both sides of this equation, and verify that the equation is dimensionally homogeneous. Show all vow work.
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