FLUID MECHANICS Flashcards
is defined as the mass per unit volume of a material.
Density
The standard unit for density is
kg/m3
A material is the ratio of the density of a
material to the density of pure water at 4°C
specific gravity
is the force applied perpendicular to the surface of an object per unit area over which that force is distributed. In fluids, pressure can be described as the net collision between the particles
Pressure
Some machines work by transmitting forces through fluids rather than gears or levers. These machines are called
hydraulic systems or hydraulic machines
Most car brakes are examples of hydraulic systems. Most commonly known as
Hydraulic Brakes
are drawn to trace the path of the particles in a moving fluid
flow lines
If the flow lines are parallel and slide
smoothly past each other, the flow is
laminar
If the flow lines are irregular and
chaotic, the flow is
turbulent
a machine that allows you to lift heavy objects easier
Hydraulic Jack
a conservation of energy equation for
a dynamic fluid
Bernoulli equation