Bernoulli's Principle on Unsteady State and Compressible Fluid

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The discussion revolves around the derivation of Bernoulli's equation from Newton's second law, specifically in the context of unsteady state and compressible fluid dynamics. Participants seek a deeper understanding of the mathematical foundations and assumptions underlying Bernoulli's principle, as well as its applicability in various fluid flow scenarios.

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  • One participant requests resources for deriving Bernoulli's equation without the assumptions of steady state and incompressible flow, emphasizing the need for a thorough explanation.
  • Another participant suggests starting with the Euler equations for inviscid fluids and integrating them with respect to velocity.
  • A question is raised about whether pressure should also be treated as time-dependent in the context of unsteady flow.
  • Some participants argue that Bernoulli's equation inherently assumes steady, incompressible flow, suggesting that the Navier-Stokes equations should be considered instead.
  • There is a reiteration that Bernoulli's equation has many assumptions, and participants express a desire for a more comprehensive understanding of its derivation.
  • A specific form of Bernoulli's equation for unsteady state is presented, but it is noted that this still assumes incompressible flow.
  • One participant expresses uncertainty about their mathematical background, questioning their ability to follow advanced concepts like tensors and convective derivatives.
  • Another participant provides links to Wikipedia for the derivation of the Navier-Stokes equations and clarifies the distinction between Bernoulli's equation and the Navier-Stokes equations in terms of conservation principles.
  • A detailed explanation of the relationship between streamlines and velocity fields is provided, along with a mathematical approach to derive Bernoulli's equation in the inviscid case.
  • Concerns are raised about the assumptions of incompressibility in the presented equations, leading to a focus on unsteady state dynamics.

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Participants express differing views on the applicability of Bernoulli's equation under the conditions of unsteady and compressible flow. Some assert that it cannot be used in these contexts, while others seek to understand its derivation and potential modifications. The discussion remains unresolved regarding the validity and application of Bernoulli's equation in these scenarios.

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Participants highlight limitations in their mathematical knowledge, particularly regarding advanced topics like tensors and the convective derivative, which may affect their understanding of the discussed concepts. There is also an acknowledgment of the assumptions inherent in Bernoulli's equation, particularly concerning flow conditions.

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Do anyone know about any website were the Bernoulli equation is developed from the Newton Second law and without the assumption of steady state and incompressible fluid?
With differential calculus, please.

My textbook just give out the equations for unsteady state and incompressible, but I want a really good explanation for a real understanding.

thanks
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Derive it for yourself.

Start out with the equation of motion (i.e, the Euler equations for the inviscid fluid), take the dot product with the velocity vector and integrate.
 
Should I put preassure as time dependent too for unsteady state?

P(s,n,t)
dP=\partial P/\partial s ds + \partial P / \partial n dn + \partial P/\partial t dt
 
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Bernoulli equation, by definition, assumes those conditions. Therefore you can't use Bernoulli for compressible, non steady flows. You want to look at the Navier-Stokes equations.
 
FredGarvin said:
Bernoulli equation, by definition, assumes those conditions. Therefore you can't use Bernoulli for compressible, non steady flows. You want to look at the Navier-Stokes equations.

Bernoulli's Equation have to many assumptions, so on the textbook they explain how this equation could be use for unsteady state but the just give out the equations without a good explanation.
I just like to really understand how this equation is developed to use it properly.
 
Here is Bernoulli's Equation on unsteady state:

\rho*\frac{v^{2}}{2} + \rho \int \frac{\partial V}{\partial t} ds+ P +\gamma z = C
 
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Bernoulli's Equation have to many assumptions, so on the textbook they explain how this equation could be use for unsteady state but the just give out the equations without a good explanation.
I just like to really understand how this equation is developed to use it properly.
You want a proof of the Navier-Stokes equations? How much mathematics have you done? Have you met tensors for example? Are you familiar with the convective derivative?
 
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Hootenanny said:
You want a proof of the Navier-Stokes equations? How much mathematics have you done? Have you met tensors for example? Are you familiar with the convective derivative?

Nope, no tensors and no convective derivative.

I don't really know if I'm trying to proof Navier-Stokes Equations. The fluid mechanics book state the bernoulli's equation for non-steady state but with no mathematical proof and I'm looking for the proof.

Is tensor a grad course? I know is really useful but in my years in college any course that I had taken talk about how to deal with tensor.

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The derivation of Navier Stokes equations is on Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navier-Stokes_equations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navier-Stokes_equations/Derivation

You do not need to understand tensors follow it. The Navier Stokes equations are a statement about conservation of momentum.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynolds_transport_theorem#Momentum_Formulation

Bernoulli’s equation is a statement about the conservation of energy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynolds_transport_theorem#Energy_Formulation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernoulli's_equation

Thus Navier Stokes equations are not a generalization of Bernoulli’s equation.

Wikipedia does have a form of Bernoulli’s equation for compressible flows which is based on adiabatic compression:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernoulli's_equation#Compressible_flow_in_fluid_dynamics
 
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Let us clear up a few things first:

1. Bernoulli's equation is first and foremost a "first integral" of the equations of motion along a "streamline".
A streamline at a given instant is a curve in space whose tangent at a particular point equals the field velocity at that point (and instant).

2. In the "steady" flow, since the velocity field is locally independent of the time variable, the streamlines will coincide with particle trajectories, and since integrating the particle's equations of motion along its trajectory over a time interval gives us the energy balance, the standard Bernoulli equation does, indeed, COINCIDE with energy conservation.

3. Note, however, that the underlying DEFINITIONS are different:
For Bernoulli(-like) quantities, we integrate SPATIALLY, whereas for energy(-like) quantities, we integrate TEMPORALLY.

For unsteady flows, then, a "Bernoulli" procedure does NOT give an energy conservation picture, but rather
A picture of the INSTANTANTENOUS spatial distribution of dynamical quantities like pressure along curves that do NOT represent the trajectories of any particles whatsoever.
(Energy is not, in general, conserved along a strip of the streamline, the local time derivative term tells us how much is lost or gained on it)

To develop the maths sufficient to derive it, let \gamma be a variable along some streamline, and let the family of streamlines in the field at particular instant t be given as:
\vec{S}(\gamma;t,\vec{x}_{0}),\vec{S}(0;t,\vec{x}_{0})=\equiv\vec{x}_{0}
That the streamline tangent is everywhere parallell to the velocity field vector \vec{v}(\vec{x},t) is given by the defining equation:
\frac{\partial\vec{S}}{\partial\gamma}=\vec{v}{\vec{S},t)

Varying \gamma in \vec{S} moves us therefore along the same streamline, varying \vec{x}_{0} shifts us to a neighbouring streamline at the same instant t, whereas the quantity \frac{\partial\vec{S}}{\partial{t}} tells us how the streamlines changes over time.

Now, for our general derivation in the inviscid case, using constant density for convenience, we introduce index notation for clarity.

We call the streamline x_{i}(\gamma,t), i=1,2,3, and our equations of motion reads:
v_{i,t}+v_{j}v_{i,j}=-\frac{1}{\rho}p_{,i}-g_{i},
where indices after comma represent the variable we differentiate with respect to, and g_1=g_2=0.

Now, we take the dot product with \frac{\partial{x}_{i}}{\partial\gamma}=x_{i,\gamma}(=v_{i})

and gain (by making a legit switch of variable name):
v_{i,t}x_{i,\gamma}+(\frac{1}{2}v_{j}^{2})_{i}x_{i,\gamma}+\frac{1}{\rho}p_{,i}x_{i,\gamma}+gx_{3,\gamma}=0

Integrating the result between, say, \gamma_{0} to \gamma_{1} yields the already noted result in a previous post.
The remaining integral of the time-derivative of the velocity is usually difficult to estimate.
 
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arildno said:
That the streamline tangent is everywhere parallell to the velocity field vector \vec{v}(\vec{x},t) is given by the defining equation:
\frac{\partial\vec{S}}{\partial\gamma}=\vec{v}{\vec{S},t)

if S is a vector shouldn't v be scaller?

Now, for our general derivation in the inviscid case, using constant density for convenience, we introduce index notation for clarity.

We call the streamline x_{i}(\gamma,t), i=1,2,3, and our equations of motion reads:
clarity? What does i mean?
 
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I don't get your question.
The velocity field is a vector, and so of course, is the position in space.

Furthermore, we have, for index notation the three spatial variables x_{1},x_{2},x_{3} rather than x,y and z.
 
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Here is Bernoulli's Equation on unsteady state:

\rho*\frac{v^{2}}{2} + \rho \int \frac{\partial V}{\partial t} ds+ P +\gamma z = C
That still assumes non compressible flow.
 
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FredGarvin said:
That still assumes non compressible flow.

Yes. Let's forget the compressibility and focus on unsteady state.
How do I get to that equation that I post?

I have been working on it but I just get to:

\rho V \frac{\partial V}{\partial s} + \rho \frac{\partial V}{\partial t} + \frac{\partial P}{\partial s} + \gamma \frac{\partial z}{\partial s}=0

But don't know how to get to the equation posted before.

By the way, the only knowledge on math I have is Calculus and Ordinary Differential Equations.
 
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By the way, the only knowledge on math I have is Calculus and Ordinary Differential Equations.

 
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I'll take a simple example for you, in 2-D.

Let \vec{v}(x,y,t)=xt\vec{i}+y\vec{j}

Then, the equations for streamlines reads:
\frac{\partial{x}}{\partial\gamma}=xt,\frac{\partial{y}}{\partial\gamma}=y

This yields the family of streamlines:
\vec{S}=x_{0}e^{\gamma{t}}\vec{i}}+y_{0}e^{\gamma}\vec{j}

We have:
\frac{\partial\vec{v}}{\partial{t}}=x\vec{i}=\gamma{x_{0}}e^{\gamma{t}}\vec{i}}

The integral we are to evaluate is therefore:
\int_{\gamma_{0}}^{\gamma_{1}}t\gamma{x}_{0}^{2}e^{2\gamma{t}}d\gamma=\frac{\gamma_{1}x_{0}^{2}e^{2\gamma_{1}{t}}}{2}-\frac{x_{0}^{2}}{4t}e^{2\gamma_{1}t}-\frac{\gamma_{0}x_{0}^{2}e^{2\gamma_{0}{t}}}{2}+\frac{x_{0}^{2}}{4t}e^{2\gamma_{0}t}
 
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Thanks arildno for helping with the partial of velocity, but I still having problems on going
from this:
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\rho V \frac{\partial V}{\partial s} + \rho \frac{\partial V}{\partial t} + \frac{\partial P}{\partial s} + \gamma \frac{\partial z}{\partial s}=0

To this
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\rho*\frac{v^{2}}{2} + \rho \int \frac{\partial V}{\partial t} ds+ P +\gamma z = C


Maybe is simple but I don't know how to deal with these partials.

Thanks

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Just integrate it w.r.t. ds.
 

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