Hydrodynamics Flashcards
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What are the three main types of fluid flows?
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Water: fluvial, lacustrine, marine environments.
Air: aeolian transport.
Water/sediment mixtures: debris flows, turbidites.
2
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What are the three important fluid properties?
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Density (ρ, mass/unit volume), temperature (T), and dynamic viscosity (μ, pascal seconds, kg m^-1 s^-1 Nm^-2).
3
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What is fluid viscosity?
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Measure of the ability of a fluid to flow; water = low viscosity, molasses = high viscosity; higher temperature = faster flow; viscous fluids flow by internal shear.
4
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What is Newton’s Law of Viscosity?
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