As I have discussed the pressure now I will explain fluid mechanics. The definition of fluid mechanics is as follows:
Fluid mechanics deals with the properties and characteristics of fluid at rest.
Some of the important key points related to the fluid statics are as follows:
Fluid statics has many properties just as hydrostatics when the fluid is in a liquid state and acts as aerostatics when it is in a gaseous state.
The only stress that is in fluid statics is the normal ones other than that there is no shear stress.
The main application of fluid statics is to determine the forces that are acting on the floating or the submerged bodies.
That is a brief introduction to fluid statics further I will explain the forces that are acting on submerged and floating bodies. So without wasti ...
Before starting this important topic there are some of the important terminologies related to the theorem that are frequently used throughout. So let us have a look at them.
System
Some important key points related to the system are as follows:
In thermodynamics, a system is a quantity of matter of fixed quantity.
The system is mostly closed. system. There is a change in the size and shape of the system but due to the closed system, no mass can cross the boundary.
One of the important points is that the mass of the system remains constant.
Control Volume
Some important key points related to the control volume are as follows:
The control volume is also known as the open system and it is defined as the region that is specified for a case study.
In the case of a contr ...
In the introduction, I will extensively explain the property r and how to impact them are so. Let us start. Then I explain properties that are related to fluid flow.
First of all, I will start with the word Property. The definition of property is as follows:
Property
The word property is defined as any characteristic of the system. There are two main types of the property named intensive and extensive.
Example
The examples of property are as follows
Temperature -T
Pressure - P
Mass – m
Types of Properties
Following is a brief explanation of the types of properties.
Intensive Property
The intensive properties are the ones that are independent of mass, temperature, densit ...
Flow visualization widely uses Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and physical experiments. So following are the types of patterns that can be visualized computationally and experimentally. So without wasting any time, let us start.
Streamlines and Streamtubes
There are two patterns. I will first explain the streamlines. So the definition of streamlines is as follows:
A streamline is a curve that is tangent everywhere to the instantaneous local velocity vector.
You might not understand the definition by reading it, so just for your ease, let me explain to you in few key points:
A streamline defines fluid’s motion throughout the flow field.
A streamline acts as an indicator of the instantaneous direction of motion of the fluid. To explain this situation, let me exemplify it with an ex ...
Hello Friends. I hope you are doing great. In this article, I will cover the nature of flow responsible for the changes in density. The nature of flows responsible for density change is known as compressible flows.
Fluid dynamics and thermodynamics combine for the theory of compressible flows. The compressible flow creates a relationship with the ideal gas. First, I will explain the stagnation state, speed of sound, and then the Mach number. This all comes under compressible flows. Then there come the static and stagnation fluid properties, shock waves, and variation of fluid properties in the case of regular and oblique waves. All of these are discussed in this article. So without wasting any time, let us start with the Stagnation property.
Stagnation Property
The definition of the sta ...
Hello Friends. I hope you are doing great. Here I am with another exciting topic of fluid mechanics, i.e. flow over bodies. In this article, I will explain the flow of fluids, the flow rate, their nature, the flow in pipes and much more. Fluid mechanics is all related to the fluid and its nature. I will discuss the forces that are on the body that is immersed in a fluid and the flow that is over the body. As the title shows, the main emphasis will be on the lift and drag forces. Moreover, the external and the internal flow will also be discussed in this article. And I am sure that you will enjoy reading this article. So without wasting any time, let us start.
I will start with an introduction to fluid flows.
Introduction
In this article, our focus will be the fluid flow over the bodies ...
The statement of Bernoulli’s Equation is as follows:
In fluid dynamics, Bernoulli’s Equation states about an increase in speed of fluid that occur simultaneously with the decrease in static pressure or decrease in fluid’s potential energy.
After reading the statement, you might have little idea what Bernoulli’s equation is about. Don’t worry. Here I am to explain that to you extensively.
Some of the important critical points related to Bernoulli’s equation are as follows:
Bernoulli’s equation is the relation between the pressure, velocity and potential energy.
This equation is only applicable for steady, incompressible flows. In this equation, all the frictional effects are neglected.
We will derive Bernoulli’s equation with the help of the Conservation of Linear Momentum ...
Hello friend. In this article, I will cover essential points related to fluid kinematics, i.e., what fluid kinematics is and how the motion of the fluids can be explained without describing the forces acting on them. Further, I will explain Lagrangian and Euler about the motion of fluid and a lot more. So buckle up, and let’s start.
What is Fluid kinematics?
The definition of fluid kinematics is as follows:
Fluid kinematics is related to fluid motion without considering the forces responsible for the motion.
The following are some essential key points related to fluid kinematics:
The nature of fluid motion is categorized into two types: Lagrangian Euler.
I will extensively explain both types in upcoming topics.
The acceleration, velocity ...
It is one of the most critical topics whenever. It is related to the resistance a fluid faces in motion. A fluid exerts a force on a body in a different direction. Now the main question is, what is drag? And what do we know about it?
What is Drag?
The definition of drag is as follows:
The force exerted on a flowing fluid in the direction of fluid flow is called drag.
Some of the essential key points related to the drag are as follows:
In order to elaborate on the drag force through an example. The body is attached to calibrated spring, and it is used to measure the displacement in the direction of flow.
The drag balances are one of those devices that are commonly used to measure the drag force.
It is not wrong to say that the drag force is much similar to the frictional force. ...
Fluid mechanics is considered to be one of the essential branches of Mechanical Engineering. Fluid Mechanics comprises two words, fluid, and mechanics, with different meanings and research criteria. In this article, I will extensively introduce fluid mechanics and its importance in daily life. So without wasting any time, let us start:
Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
What is Fluid?
We remember in the early classes, we used to study three states of matter, and afterward, they became four named: Solid.Liquid.Gas. Plasma.
The definition of fluid is the state of matter that can be liquid or solid. We might have noticed that whenever the matter is in any stage, the criteria to know its state is to understand how much stress it can bear, and we name th ...
