10 Questions
Who is considered to have published the first major work on fluid mechanics?
Archimedes
Who invented the barometer?
Evangelista Torricelli
Who researched hydrostatics and formulated Pascal's law?
Blaise Pascal
Who introduced mathematical fluid dynamics in Hydrodynamica (1739)?
Daniel Bernoulli
Who applied experimental scientific methods to fluid mechanics?
Abu Rayhan Biruni
What is an example of a complex fluid mentioned in the text?
Shaving cream
What kind of coexistence between phases characterizes complex fluids?
Solid-liquid, solid-gas, liquid-gas, liquid-liquid
What contributes to the mechanical properties of complex fluids?
High disorder, caging, and clustering on multiple length scales
What is a key element in the dynamics of particles in complex fluids?
Topological inhibition to flow by the crowding of constituent particles
What kind of response to stress or strain do complex fluids exhibit?
Transitions between solid-like and fluid-like behavior as well as fluctuations
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