Fluid Dynamics Cheat Sheet
Fluid Dynamics Cheat Sheet
Fluid Dynamics Cheat Sheet
Pathline: Actual path traversed by a fluid particle
Streakline: Particles that have pass through a specific
point
For block example and really really small h:
Laminar flow: Low Reynolds number, smooth flow
Unstable flow: Re = Re
crit
Turbulent flow: Re > Re
crit
For Mach < 0.3 assume incompressible
Test 2
Conservation of Mass:
Momentum Equation:
Conservation of Energy:
or
Assumptions: Steady State:
Incompressible:
Uniform Velocity
Ideal gas:
Subsonic jet:
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Test 3
Continuity Equation (Possible Incompressible Flow):
The number of dimensions is dependent on x, y, and z
Particle Acceleration:
Pressure Gradient:
Irrotational Fluid:
Rotation:
Circulation:
For a square element:
Navier-Stokes Equation:
Force Term has *equation
The other is the Acceleration Term
Bernoulli Equation:
Assumptions: Steady State:
Incompressible:
Inviscid
Along the same Streamline
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Reynolds Number (other side of page)
Mach Number (other side of page)
Euler Number (Pressure Coefficient):
Weber Number (for bubbles):
Froude Number:
Drag Coefficient:
Flow Similarity and Model Studies:
1) Geometric Similarity (Same shape with some scale
factor)
2) Kinematic Similarity (Velocities in same direction and
scale between sizes)
3) Dynamic Similarity (Same Force Distribution):
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Final (Chapter 8)
Stationary Plates
Volumetric Flow Rate per Length:
Pipes
Laminar Flow
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(
* (
)+
If Laminar: If Turbulent:
For
For
and
Cavitation is Low-Pressure Boiling and most likely to occur
at max velocity