This document discusses key concepts in fluid kinematics and dynamics including:
1) The study of fluid kinematics examines the geometry of fluid motion, while the Lagrangian description analyzes fluid motion by following individual fluid particles over time compared to the Eulerian description which examines properties at fixed points in space.
2) Key terms like streamlines, pathlines, and streaklines describe the trajectories of fluid particles. Reynolds Transport Theorem relates the rate of change of a property within a control volume to the surface flux and volume source terms.
3) Vector plots are best to visualize location of maximum speed and vorticity distribution, while contour plots show temperature field and flow separation due to ability to show spatial variations of these properties
This document discusses key concepts in fluid kinematics and dynamics including:
1) The study of fluid kinematics examines the geometry of fluid motion, while the Lagrangian description analyzes fluid motion by following individual fluid particles over time compared to the Eulerian description which examines properties at fixed points in space.
2) Key terms like streamlines, pathlines, and streaklines describe the trajectories of fluid particles. Reynolds Transport Theorem relates the rate of change of a property within a control volume to the surface flux and volume source terms.
3) Vector plots are best to visualize location of maximum speed and vorticity distribution, while contour plots show temperature field and flow separation due to ability to show spatial variations of these properties
This document discusses key concepts in fluid kinematics and dynamics including:
1) The study of fluid kinematics examines the geometry of fluid motion, while the Lagrangian description analyzes fluid motion by following individual fluid particles over time compared to the Eulerian description which examines properties at fixed points in space.
2) Key terms like streamlines, pathlines, and streaklines describe the trajectories of fluid particles. Reynolds Transport Theorem relates the rate of change of a property within a control volume to the surface flux and volume source terms.
3) Vector plots are best to visualize location of maximum speed and vorticity distribution, while contour plots show temperature field and flow separation due to ability to show spatial variations of these properties
This document discusses key concepts in fluid kinematics and dynamics including:
1) The study of fluid kinematics examines the geometry of fluid motion, while the Lagrangian description analyzes fluid motion by following individual fluid particles over time compared to the Eulerian description which examines properties at fixed points in space.
2) Key terms like streamlines, pathlines, and streaklines describe the trajectories of fluid particles. Reynolds Transport Theorem relates the rate of change of a property within a control volume to the surface flux and volume source terms.
3) Vector plots are best to visualize location of maximum speed and vorticity distribution, while contour plots show temperature field and flow separation due to ability to show spatial variations of these properties
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1) What does the word kinematics mean?
Explain what the study of fluid kinematics
involves. 2) What is the Lagrangian description and Eulerian description of fluid motion? a)How does eulerian descripton differ from the Lagrangian description. b) Is the Lagrangian method of fluid flow analysis more similar to study of a system or a control volume? Explain. 3) Define and derive Reynolds Transport Theorem. 4) Define following terms. a) stream line b) path line. c) streak line. d) stram tube. e) time line. 5) Consider a cross-sectional slice through an array of heat exchanger tubes. For each desired piece of information, choose which kind of flow visualization plot (vector plot or contour plot) would be most appropriate, and explain why. (a) The location of maximum fluid speed is to be visualized. (b) Flow separation at the rear of the tubes is to be visualized. (c) The temperature field throughout the plane is to bevisualized. (d) The distribution of the vorticity component normal to theplane is to be visualized.
6) Derive generalized continuity equation in Cartesian coordinates in three dimensional
form. 7) write a note on velocity and acceleration of fluid particles. 8) write a note on velocity potential function and stream function. also give relationship between them. 9) Define a) circulation b) vorticity. Explain the relationship between vorticity and rotationality. 10) write a short note on electrical anology for fluid flow.