Chapter 5 Flashcards
What physical laws provide the foundation of control volume analysis?
- Conservation of Mass
- Newton’s Second Law of motion
- The first and second laws of thermodynamics.
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How is the law of conservation of mass useful in solving fluid problems?
It allows us to create equations based on the fact that the amount of mass that enters the control volume must also exit it.
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How does Newton’s second law help to solve fluid problems with respect to finite control volume analysis (FCVA)?
Newton’s second law of motion leads to the conclusion that forces can result from or cause changes in a flowing fluid’s velocity magnitude and/or direction.
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The mechanical energy equation is derived from what two fundamental laws of nature?
The first and second laws of Thermodynamics.
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What is the conservation of mass principle?
The time rate of change of the system mass = 0. In Ort her words, the mass of the system is constant with time.
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True or False
When a flow is steady, all field properties (i.e., properties at any specified point) including density remain constant with time and the rate of change of the mass of the contents of the control volume is zero.
True
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True or False
The n^ direction is positive when it points out of a control volume and negative when it points into a control volume.
True
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What is the net mass flow rate through a control surface?
The sum of the mass flow rates entering the control volume is equal to the sum of the mass flow rates leaving the control volume.
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The continuity equation is a statement that mass _____.
Is conserved.
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The mass flow rate can be calculated as … ?
m_dot = (rho)(Q) = (rho)(A)(V)
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If velocity is assumed to be normally distributed over the section area A then_____.
The average value of the velocity is equal to the velocity V.
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True or False
The dot product for V * n^ is positive for flow out of the control volume and negative for flow into the control volume.
True
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True or False
For a fixed, non-deforming control volume; if the flow is steady then the mass flowrate in is equal to the mass flow rate out.
True
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True or False
For a fixed, non-deforming control volume; if the flow is steady and incompressible then the volume flow rate entering the CV cannot be equal to the volume flow rate leaving.
False. If the given conditions are met (fixed, non-deforming control volume with steady, incompressible flow) then the volume flowrate in is equal to the volume flowrate out.
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True or False
An unsteady but cyclical flow can be considered steady on a time-average basis.
True
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When the velocity is not normally distributed over the opening in the control surface, the mass flowrate should be calculated with ___.
The average velocity.
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With respect to a non-deformable moving control volume, describe the relative velocity vector W.
W is the fluid velocity seen by an observer moving with the control volume.
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True or False
With respect to a moving control volume undergoing deformation, the velocity of the surface of a deforming control volume is not the same at all points on the surface.
True
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In general, where fluid flows through the control surface, the control surface should be ______ to the flow.
Perpendicular
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Newton’s second law of motion for a system can be described by …
The time rate of change of the linear momentum of the system = the sum of the external forces acting on the system.
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Give examples of an “inertial” reference frame.
- A fixed coordinate system.
- A coordinate system that moves in a straight line with constant velocity and is thus without acceleration.
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When a control volume is coincident with a system at an instant of time ________.
The forces acting on the system and the forces acting on the contents of the coincident control volume are instantly identical.
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The time rate of change of a system’s linear momentum is expressed as ________.
The sum of the two control volume quantities: the time rate of change of the linear momentum of the contents of the control volume, and the net rate of linear momentum flow through the control surface.
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True or False
As particles of mass move into or out of a control volume through the control surface, they carry linear momentum in or out. Thus, linear momentum flow should seem no more unusual than mass flow.
True
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