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Introduction to Fluid Mechanics

Chapter 1
Introduction

© John Wiley and Sons, Inc.


Main Topics
 Definition of a Fluid
 Basic Equations
 Methods of Analysis
 Dimensions and Units
 Analysis of Experimental Error

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Definition of a Fluid

When a shear stress is applied:


 Fluids continuously deform
 Solids deform or bend

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Basic Equations
We need forms of the following
 Conservation of mass
 Newton’s second law of motion
 The principle of angular momentum
 The first law of thermodynamics
 The second law of thermodynamics

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Methods of Analysis
 System
(or “Closed System”)

 Control Volume
(or “Open System”)

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Dimensions and Units
Systems of Dimensions
 [M], [L], [t], and [T]
 [F], [L], [t], and [T]
 [F], [M], [L], [t], and [T]

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Dimensions and Units
Systems of Units
 MLtT
• SI (kg, m, s, K)
 FLtT
• British Gravitational (lbf, ft, s, oR)
 FMLtT
• English Engineering (lbf, lbm, ft, s, oR)

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Dimensions and Units
Systems of Units

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Dimensions and Units
Preferred Systems of Units
 SI (kg, m, s, K)

 British Gravitational (lbf, ft, s, oR)

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Analysis of Experimental Error
 must measure not just data but also the
uncertainties in their measurements.
 determine how these uncertainties affect
the uncertainty in the final result.
 trade-off in experimental work or in
manufacturing: reduce uncertainties to a
desired level increases cost of experiment.

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