Physics for Engineers: Fluid Mechanics Basics

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What is the characteristic of an ideal fluid?

Incompressible and viscous

Compressible and viscous

Incompressible and inviscid (correct)

Compressible and inviscid

What is the path of an individual particle in a moving fluid called?

Streamline

Laminar flow

Flow line (correct)

Turbulent flow

What type of flow occurs when adjacent layers of fluid slide smoothly past each other?

Turbulent flow

Steady flow

Laminar flow (correct)

Unsteady flow

What is the equation that describes the conservation of mass in a moving fluid?

Continuity equation Signup and view all the answers

What is the volume flow rate of a fluid given by?

dV/dt Signup and view all the answers

What is the mass flow rate of a fluid given by?

dm/dt Signup and view all the answers

What is the equation that relates the pressure, velocity, and height of a fluid in motion?

Bernoulli's equation Signup and view all the answers

What is the equation that gives the velocity of a fluid flowing from a small opening?

Torricelli's equation Signup and view all the answers

What type of flow occurs when the flow pattern does not change with time?

Steady flow Signup and view all the answers

What is the curve whose tangent at any point is in the direction of the fluid velocity at that point called?

Streamline Signup and view all the answers

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What is the characteristic of an ideal fluid?

What is the path of an individual particle in a moving fluid called?

What type of flow occurs when adjacent layers of fluid slide smoothly past each other?

What is the equation that describes the conservation of mass in a moving fluid?

What is the volume flow rate of a fluid given by?

What is the mass flow rate of a fluid given by?

What is the equation that relates the pressure, velocity, and height of a fluid in motion?

What is the equation that gives the velocity of a fluid flowing from a small opening?

What type of flow occurs when the flow pattern does not change with time?

What is the curve whose tangent at any point is in the direction of the fluid velocity at that point called?

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