MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS Viscosity and Stokes’ Law Post a Comment Most of the fluids are not ideal ones and offer some resistance to motion. This resistance to fluid… Read more Viscosity and Stokes’ Law
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS Dynamic Lift Post a Comment Dynamic lift is the force that acts on a body, such as airplane wing, a hydrofoil or a spinning bal… Read more Dynamic Lift
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS Venturi-meter Post a Comment The Venturi-meter is a device to measure the flow speed of incompressible fluid. It consists of a t… Read more Venturi-meter
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS Speed of Efflux: Torricelli’s Law Post a Comment The word efflux means fluid outflow. Torricelli discovered that the speed of efflux from an open ta… Read more Speed of Efflux: Torricelli’s Law
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS BERNOULLI’S PRINCIPLE Post a Comment Fluid flow is a complex phenomenon. But we can obtain some useful properties for steady or streamli… Read more BERNOULLI’S PRINCIPLE
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS Streamline Flow Post a Comment So far we have studied fluids at rest. The study of the fluids in motion is known as fluid dynamics… Read more Streamline Flow
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS Hydraulic Machines Post a Comment Let us now consider what happens when we change the pressure on a fluid contained in a vessel. Cons… Read more Hydraulic Machines
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS Atmospheric Pressure and Gauge Pressure Post a Comment The pressure of the atmosphere at any point is equal to the weight of a column of air of unit cross… Read more Atmospheric Pressure and Gauge Pressure