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FLUID PROPERTIES Flashcards

1
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liquid or gas substance capable of flowing

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FLUID

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2
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possess particles that easily move and change their relative position without a separation of the mass, and they offer practically no resistance to change in form

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FLUID

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3
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fluids that have little resistance to change either in form or volume and occupy all the space in which it is contained

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GASES

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4
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fluids that offer great resistance to change in volume and occupy a definite portion in which it is contained

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LIQUIDS

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5
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fluids that have no viscosity, are incompressible, no resistance to shear, no eddy currents, and no friction between moving surfaces

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IDEAL FLUIDS

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6
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fluids that are compressible, have non-uniform velocity distributions, and have friction and turbulence in flow

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REAL FLUIDS

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7
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viscous real fluids and whose shear stresses are a linear function of the fluid strain

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NEWTONIAN FLUIDS

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real fluids like pastes, gels, electrolyte solutions, slurries, and etc

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NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS

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9
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mass per unit volume of a substance

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DENSITY

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10
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weight per volume of a substance

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SPECIFIC WEIGHT

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11
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quantitive measure of the amount of matter in a given body

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MASS

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12
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known as Relative Density

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SPECIFIC GRAVITY

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13
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ratio of the density or specific weight of a substance to the density or specific weight of some other standard substance

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SPECIFIC GRAVITY

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14
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volume per unit mass of a substance

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SPECIFIC VOLUME

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15
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reciprocal of mass density

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SPECIFIC VOLUME

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16
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fluid’s resistance to flow or the property of the fluid to resist shear deformation

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VISCOSITY

17
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a fluid that has no viscosity and incompressible

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PERFECT FLUID

18
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ratio of the dynamic viscosity of the fluid to the mass density

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KINEMATIC VISCOSITY

19
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effect of cohesion between particles of the liquid at its free surface

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SURFACE TENSION

20
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behavior of liquid in a thin-bore tube

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CAPILLARITY

21
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rise and fall of liquid in a capillary tube

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CAPILLARY ACTION

22
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cause by surface tension between the liquid and a vertical solid

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CAPILLARITY

23
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attractive force between molecules of different substances

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ADHESION

24
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attractive force between molecules of the same substance

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COHESION

25
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curve surface of liquid in a capillary tube

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MENISCUS

26
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pressure exerted by the atmosphere on every surface with which it comes in contact

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BAROMETRIC PRESSURE

27
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pressure measured by barometer

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ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE

28
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constants of atmospheric pressure

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1 atm = 101.325 kPa = 14.7 psi = 760mmHg

29
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pressure measured above absolute zero

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ABSOLUTE PRESSURE

30
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formula for absolute pressure

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Pabs = Pgage + Patm

31
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pressure measured by means of gages above or below atmospheric level

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GAGE PRESSURE

32
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measure of the resistance of a fluid to shear or angular deformation

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ABSOLUTE OR DYNAMIC VISCOSITY

33
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property of the liquid due to both cohesion and adhesion

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CAPILLARITY

34
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pressure exerted by the vapor as evaporation of the liquid takes place within a closed space

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VAPOR PRESSURE

35
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dimensionless number which is the ratio of the forces of inertia to viscous forces of fluids

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REYNOLD’S NUMBER

36
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type of fluid flow in which the fluid travels smoothly or in regular paths

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LAMINAR FLOW

37
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type of fluid flow in which the fluid undergoes irregular fluctuations, or mixing, in contrast to laminar flow

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TURBULENT FLOW

38
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mixture of laminar and turbulent flow, with turbulence in the center of the pipe, and laminar flow near the edges

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TRANSITIONAL FLOW

39
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differences of Reynold’s Number according to types of flow

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LAMINAR - RE < or = to 2000
TURBULENT - RE > 4000
TRANAITIONAL - 2000 < RE < or = to 4000

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