What is Fluid dynamics: Definition and 631 Discussions
In physics and engineering, fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that describes the flow of fluids—liquids and gases. It has several subdisciplines, including aerodynamics (the study of air and other gases in motion) and hydrodynamics (the study of liquids in motion). Fluid dynamics has a wide range of applications, including calculating forces and moments on aircraft, determining the mass flow rate of petroleum through pipelines, predicting weather patterns, understanding nebulae in interstellar space and modelling fission weapon detonation.
Fluid dynamics offers a systematic structure—which underlies these practical disciplines—that embraces empirical and semi-empirical laws derived from flow measurement and used to solve practical problems. The solution to a fluid dynamics problem typically involves the calculation of various properties of the fluid, such as flow velocity, pressure, density, and temperature, as functions of space and time.
Before the twentieth century, hydrodynamics was synonymous with fluid dynamics. This is still reflected in names of some fluid dynamics topics, like magnetohydrodynamics and hydrodynamic stability, both of which can also be applied to gases.
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I have very little experience with fluid dynamics and I was wondering how I can calculate a pressure drop across an abrupt change in diameter of the piping used for water.
Any help is appreciated!
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Can anyone direct me to some literature that describes the numerical solution of full Maxwell's equations and Navier-Stokes equations for two-phase/multi-phase flows in coupled electric and magnetic fields.
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I'm trying to delve into compressible flow and in the various textbooks I'm reading I've found two school of thoughts when it comes to how to calculate the threshold (or error compared to incompressible flow) of 'M' when to consider a flow compressible.
In Fundamentals of Aerdnyamics...
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Hi, first of all I am aware that we have to discretize the non linear navier stokes equations to reach the almost exact solution, and pressure based or density based algorithms are deployed for that...
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I'm trying to create a simulation of swimming "Animats" (artificial animal). However, I'm only an high school student, so I don't know how to deal with fluid drag and fluid dynamics.
In this link you could find a short animation I made describing the swim motion my animat is going to...
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I am currently working on an undergraduate club team for the Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition. I am attempting to do a calculation to determine the pressure needed in a vessel leading to another pressurized combustion chamber to achieve a desired mass flow rate...
I'm studying fluid dynamics and we just had a lecture about the momentum equation. We started the lecture by talking about pressure in terms of molecules moving across a hypothetical surface element and carrying their momentum with them (in both directions). There are 2 things confusing me about...
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At a certain point in a pipeline, the velocity is 1 m/s and the gauge pressure is 3 x 105 N/m2. Find the gauge pressure at a second point in the line 20 m lower than the first if the cross-section at the second point is one half that at the first. The liquid in the pipe is...
This refers to the behaviour of cricket balls. Every cricketer in the world believes that a cricket ball "swings" more when the atmospheric conditions are cool and damp (as in the UK) as opposed to hot and dry (as in Australia). I have watched a bit of baseball and I have never heard...
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First, I want to introduce my self, I am a master student of physics and I am studying CFD right now. It's a new topic for me and I will also do my research about simulation of fluid dynamics related to CFD. Actually, I got this topic...
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I have a syringe filled with water. This syringe is a cylinder with a length of 3 inches (L), diameter of 1.5 inches (D). Attached to the syringe is a constant force spring, which pushes the plunger into the syringe with a force of 2 pounds (F). Ignore the friction between...
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Question: what rate does the water lose gravitational potential energy?
Data:
I have a pipe that water is flowing through and the pipe has 2 sections.
In section 1:
- the pipe is 11.9m above section 2 so, h = 11.9m
- the velocity of water is $$v_1 = 0.3240ms^{-1}$$...
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A tank of constant volume V contains air at an initial density pi. Air is discharged isothermally from the tank at a constant volumetric rate of Q (with SI units of m^3/s). Assuming that the discharged air has the same density as that of the air in the tank, find an...
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I've been studying fluid mechanics for my mech. engineering degree for the past few months. Unlike my other subjects (mechanical analysis, thermodynamics, automated systems, mechanical vibrations), I can't seem to grasp the problem-solving technique.
The annoying thing is, I find the...
So I did a project about a year ago and I can't remember one of the things I wrote in this equation.
The equation apparently I got it from NASA's website.
https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/dragco.html
This is my equation
CD = FL/ (0.5 * Air viscosity * V^2 * Area) = 0.4These are the...
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The vlasov equation is (from !Introduction to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion! by Francis Chen):
$$\frac{d}{dt}f + \vec{v} \cdot \nabla f + \vec{a} \cdot \nabla_v f = 0$$
Where $$\nabla_v$$ is the del operator in velocity space. I've read that $$\nabla_v =...
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Consider a spherical particle immersed in water. It will experience random collisions with the surrounding water molecules. Suppose there are such water molecules around the particle. Half (n/2) of the water molecules will push the particle to the right and the other half to...
a microchannel of length 2L and width h in the thermal cycling region. the temperature profile ...(1)
the cyclic temperature profile leads to a time dependent density ...(2)
using the mass conservation equation i.e. ...(3)
and momentum balance equation i.e. ...(4)
we have to find the exact...
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Problem: https://imgur.com/a/ppDy6
Calculate the fluid speed at a certain point
Given fluid and sound speed before the point
Length of the conduct
2. Useful Equations:
Uniformly accelerated motion(my solution)
I have been studying this problem it for some time, have...
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I am working on the simulation of an engine, and in particular the oil system makes my head ache. I already finished the calculations for viscosity and temperature, but now I'm stuck on coming up with formulas for pressure and flow rates. With what should I start?
For...
i am an aerospace engineer and have good knowledge in fluid and gas dynamics and i want to study astrophysical fluid dynamics , should i study intro to astronomy and astrophysics ?
and what are best books in astrophysical fluid dynamics ?
In an Inviscid fluid would the no slip condition exist?
If it didn't would it follow that the free stream velocity would exist at the wall ?.
If this was the case would surface roughness still present an orthogonal area upon which the kinetic energy of the fluid would interact causing a...
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I am currently doing undergraduate program in mechanical engineering. I want to pursue masters after my B.Tech in the field of fluid mechanics and aerospace engineering.I want to know about the prospects of this field in the future research.
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Ritwik Kulkarni
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I am Ritwik from India and I am very interested in the area of fluid mechanics.Currently pursing B.Tech in Mechanical Engg. in IIT. I am currently doing my project in impinging jets. I want to explore and want to continue in the field for research in the graduate programmes. I want to...
I'm having fluid dynamics classes right now and I'm enjoying it very much (much more than my solid mechanics classes, by the way). Also, I do like programming and computer science, and CFD looks like a very interesting field. I'm developing a real interest for it.
One question for those who are...
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Our lecturer explained us the Reynold Transport theorem, its derivation , but I don't get where the - sign in control surface 1 comes from? He said that the Area goes in opposite direction compared with this system.
I can't visualise this on our picture.
Can you please help me understand...
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Using the matricial form of TFD (discret Fourier Transform) calculated : X=Fd(x) for x=(1,0,2j,1-j)^T from K^4
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X=wx
The Attempt at a Solution
I know the "x" matrix and the "w" matrix but i don't know how to find the "ω" variable from the "w" matrix...
There are some plastics I am using that when melted, pull apart in a stringy way. My best comparison is like melted cheese in a sandwich.
I want to know more about this, but other than looking up 'polymer rheology', I'm not sure what I should call this type of flow. I want to know what causes...
Hey everyone! My name is Jing and I am participating in a one month summer program called SHAD where 800 high school students across Canada come together to try and solve some of the world's most multi-dimensional problems. One of the aspects of this program is the Entrepreneurial Project, where...
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I have seen several DIY projects which successfully gathered heavy water
from normal water. For example Cody from codys lab used electrolysis
to "enrich" the water. This however is a messy process.
So i became curious, if this can be done easier by centrifugation.
Based on...
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In my book , i was told that when the drainage of surface is high then the surface runoff will be low . However , i don't think it's correct .
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Definiton : Runoff can be described as the part of the water cycle that flows over...
I am stuck on the questions, 5.3.10 and 5.3.11 which are part of a chapter on dimensional analysis in fluid mechanics by Streeter.
Question 5.3.10 (see also the attachment):
It asks me for the given fluid dynamic problems, where is the inertial force not important. It lists several fluid...
I have been involved in a fairly furious debate about a fluid dynamics experiment regarding the pressure of air passing through a tube attached to a moving car. It is similar in concept to the issue of whether or not an opening in an aeroplane fuselage would suck people out, where the opening...
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Hi, I am doing physics lab on finding coefficient viscosity of fluids and how it changes by temperature by dropping a marble into fluids, finding terminal velocity, then using stoke's law to find viscosity. (using density of fluid, sphere, sphere diameter etc). The equation...
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Looking for some help (any is greatly appreciated). I've been tasked with the below, and am unable to find a worked example to cross check my work against.
If anyone with a greater knowledge than me could have a look at the below and advise if I'm right the right track.
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Hello. I am inquiring about how a pressure difference between a hot room (roughly room temperature) and a cold room (roughly the temperature of a standard refrigerator) can cause a force inside the cold room when exposed to its hotter counterpart. More specifically, I would like to apply this...
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More a report question but unsure where to put it.
Take a 5mL syringe and a 10mL syringe (both filled to 5mL) with the plungers removed.
Time how long it take to full drain each syringe
Make a statement regarding your results.
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Fluid flow rate = volume /...
So I've noticed my little sister's helium balloons floating at the ceiling. Made me wonder if someone could create a device that could harvest energy from this buoyancy. What if I tied a very long rope to a huge balloon filled with helium, and rolled the other end of the rope to a gear attached...
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I'm attempting an experiment where I take a cart and slide it down a ramp. Each time, I will coat the ramp with a different liquid. I want to compare the effects of the dry ramp, a ramp with water poured...
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When a part of the channel is constricted , why will the Emin = Eo ? Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution
I just have the figure showing in case 1 and case 2, Emin = Eo without any explanation ... Can someone explain about it ? I tried to search many online resource ...
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I'm a newbie at Comsol and want ask for guide how to fill something with fluid and make sphere rotate. My goal in creating system where one sphere contains second. Second sphere rotates on its axis. Volume between is filled with fluid.
I understand how to create spheres, but couldn't...
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ρ= density, vi = i-th velocity component, gi=i-th component of gravity vector, p=pressure, μ= viscosity, D/Dt = material derivative
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Continuity equation: div v = 0
The Attempt at a Solution
This is a problem for a fluid dynamics class I'm in. My current approach is to use a conservation of mass approach and say that the d/dt(momentum in the cart) = momentum into the cart. This leads to (u is speed of the cart, V is volume J is jet velocity, A is cross sectional area of the jet)...
Moving fluids are generally in a state of non-equilibrium. However, in fluid dynamics, people generally assume a state of local thermodynamic equilibrium and argue that in such a condition, equilibrium thermodynamic concepts such as pressure, temperature, entropy, internal energy etc. can be...
I am trying to calculate the flow in a system from an underground tank up through a pump into a vessel.
But cannot find or derive a formula that yields a good result, I don't think I can use the same head calculations as Velocity will have changed.
1. Homework Statement
ρ = 1000 kg m–3
μ =...
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A 1m^3 steel cube is to be floated on mercury (specific gravity=13.6). On each side of the cube there is a 5mm clearance. Assume that the container is open to atmospheric pressure at 100kPA. Find the mass of the mercury.
Homework Equations
P=F/A
The Attempt at a Solution
I...
If you have an non-viscous incompressible fluid flowing in a pipe whose static pressure is higher than atmospheric pressure, then after exits the pipe will the dynamic pressure increase? The static pressure of the fluid right after exiting should decrease because it should be equal to the...
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A tank with a 25.5 litre capacity contains air compressed into 355 atmospheres used to drive a torpedo by expansion into an engine via a pipe of diameter 0.08cm. A mechanism ensures that the gas flows to the engine at a constant rate and any cooling of the air during...