Lecture 2 Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
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What’s a streamline?
A
Line that is a tangent to the velocity vector of the flow at every point.
2
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Conservation of mass equation. What’s it also known as? Prominant chemist and era?
A
rho * area * velocity = constant
Continuity equation
“What goes in, must come out”; Antoine Lavoisier (18th century).
3
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Conservation of energy equation. What’s it also known as? Prominant names (2) and era?
A
0.5 * rho * velocity^2 + pressure = constant
Also known as Bernoulli / 1st law of thermo.
Clausius and Rankine, 19th century
4
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Conservation of momentum equation? Era?
A
Newton’s second law; 17th century.
5
Q
Eulerian Finite Control Volume
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6
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Lagrangian Finite Control Volume
A
7
Q
Eulerian Infinitesimal Fluid Element
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8
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Lagrangian Infinitesimal Fluid Element
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