Introduction to Fluid Mechanics

Chapter 5
Introduction to
Differential Analysis of
Fluid Motion

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 Main Topics

 Conservation of Mass
 Stream Function for Two-Dimensional
Incompressible Flow
 Motion of a Fluid Particle (Kinematics)
 Momentum Equation

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 Conservation of Mass
 Basic Law for a System

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 Conservation of Mass
 Rectangular Coordinate System

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 Conservation of Mass
 Rectangular Coordinate System

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 Conservation of Mass
 Rectangular Coordinate System

“Continuity Equation”

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 Conservation of Mass
 Rectangular Coordinate System

“Del” Operator

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 Conservation of Mass

 Rectangular Coordinate System

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 Conservation of Mass
 Rectangular Coordinate System
Incompressible Fluid:

Steady Flow:

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 Conservation of Mass
 Cylindrical Coordinate System

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 Conservation of Mass
 Cylindrical Coordinate System

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 Conservation of Mass
 Cylindrical Coordinate System

“Del” Operator

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 Conservation of Mass

 Cylindrical Coordinate System

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 Conservation of Mass
 Cylindrical Coordinate System
Incompressible Fluid:

Steady Flow:

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 Stream Function for
Two-Dimensional
Incompressible Flow

 Two-Dimensional Flow

 Stream Function 

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 Stream Function for
Two-Dimensional
Incompressible Flow

 Cylindrical Coordinates

 Stream Function (r,)

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 Motion of a Fluid Particle
(Kinematics)
 Fluid Translation: Acceleration of a
Fluid Particle in a Velocity Field
 Fluid Rotation
 Fluid Deformation
• Angular Deformation
• Linear Deformation

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Motion of a Fluid Particle
(Kinematics)

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 Motion of a Fluid Particle
(Kinematics)
 Fluid Translation: Acceleration of a
Fluid Particle in a Velocity Field

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 Motion of a Fluid Particle
(Kinematics)
 Fluid Translation: Acceleration of a
Fluid Particle in a Velocity Field

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 Motion of a Fluid Particle
(Kinematics)
 Fluid Translation: Acceleration of a
Fluid Particle in a Velocity Field

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 Motion of a Fluid Particle
(Kinematics)
 Fluid Translation: Acceleration of a
Fluid Particle in a Velocity Field (Cylindrical)

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 Motion of a Fluid Particle
(Kinematics)

 Fluid Rotation

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 Motion of a Fluid Particle
(Kinematics)
 Fluid Rotation

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 Motion of a Fluid Particle
(Kinematics)
 Fluid Rotation

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 Motion of a Fluid Particle
(Kinematics)
 Fluid Deformation:
• Angular Deformation

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 Motion of a Fluid Particle
(Kinematics)
 Fluid Deformation:
• Angular Deformation

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 Motion of a Fluid Particle
(Kinematics)
 Fluid Deformation:
• Linear Deformation

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 Momentum Equation

 Newton’s Second Law

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 Momentum Equation
 Forces Acting on a Fluid Particle

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 Momentum Equation
 Forces Acting on a Fluid Particle

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 Momentum Equation
 Differential Momentum Equation

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 Momentum Equation
 Newtonian Fluid: Navier-Stokes Equations

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 Momentum Equation
 Special Case: Euler’s Equation

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