Fluid Mechanics

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branch of physics dealing with the action of fluid at rest or in motion, and with applications and devices in engineering using fluids

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fluid mechanics

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2 major areas of fluid mechanics

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• fluid statics
• fluid dynamics

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deals with fluids at rest

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fluid statics

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concerns with fluids in motion

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fluid dynamics

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applied to the flow of liquids or to low-velocity gas flows where gas can be considered essentially incompressible

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hydrodynamics

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concerned with the behavior of liquids at rest

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hydrostatics

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motion of gases

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aerodynamics

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the ff. falls under fluid statics

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• pressure (Pascal’s principle)
• density
• buoyancy (Archimedes’ Principle)
• surface tension
• capillary action

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the ff. falls under fluid dynamics

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• types of fluid flow
• flow rate and equation of continuity
• bernoulli’s equation
• viscous fluid flow

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ratio between the mass of the substance and its volume

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density

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ability of an object to regain its original form after the deforming force has been removed

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elasticity

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force that allow molecules to come together and create a bigger object

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cohesive force

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objects with more cohesive force are more ____

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elastic

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“the amount of distortion is directly proportional to the distorting force”

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hooke’s law

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quantity that describes the magnitude of the force causing the deformation of an object per unit area

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stress

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3 forms of stresses:

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• tensile
• compressive
• shear

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ratio of the magnitude of the force and the cross sectional area over which the force is acting on

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tensile stress

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when objects are pressed or pushed together

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compressive stress

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equal but opposite force are applied across an object

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shear stress

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quantitative description of the resulting deformation due to the applied force

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strain

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strain is defined as the ratio of the ____ in length of the object to the ____ length of the object

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• change
• original

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found that “for the small value of tensile stress and tensile strain, their ratio was constant for a given object”.

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thomas young

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force per unit area

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pressure

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pressure at a given level

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absolute pressure

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“the pressure applied to an enclosed fluid is transmitted equally in all directions and to all parts of the enclosing vessel”

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pascal’s principle

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“it states that the body immersed in a liquid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the displaced fluid”

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archimedes’ principle

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“when the speed of the fluid increases, the pressure in the fluid decreases”

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bernoulli’s principle

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“for vessels having varied cross sectional area, flow rate in must equal flow rate out”

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equation of continuity

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volume of water that passes a section in a unit of time

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flow rate

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property of fluids that tends to prevent it from flowing when subjected to an applied force

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viscosity

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____ viscosity fluids resist flow

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high

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____ viscosity fluids flow easily

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low