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Fluid mechanics

Branch of dynamics concerned with studying the motion of air

Archimedes' principle

Buoyancy principle in fluid dynamics

Bernoulli's principle

Principle relating to fluid dynamics

Layer of fluid in the immediate vicinity of a bounding surface

Upward force that opposes the weight of an object immersed in fluid

Circulation (physics)

Line integral of the fluid velocity around a closed curve

Compressible flow

Branch of fluid mechanics

Computational fluid dynamics

Branch of fluid mechanics that uses numerical analysis and data structures to solve and analyze problems that involve fluid flows

Fluid flow that occurs due to heterogeneous fluid properties and body forces.

Deformation (physics)

Transformation of a body from a reference configuration to a current configuration

Movement of molecules, atoms, or ions from a region of high concentration to a region of low concentration

Diffusion equation

Equation that describes density changes of a material that is diffusing in a medium

Retarding force on a body moving in a fluid

Euler equations (fluid dynamics)

Set of quasilinear hyperbolic equations governing adiabatic and inviscid flow

Substance which continuously deforms under an applied shear stress, including liquids and gases

Aspects of fluid mechanics involving flow

Fluid mechanics

Branch of physics concerned with the mechanics of fluids (liquids, gases, and plasmas)

Hydrostatic equilibrium

Property of fluid mechanics

Incompressible flow

Fluid flow in which density remains constant

Force perpendicular to flow of surrounding fluid

Mass flow (life sciences)

Movement of fluids down a pressure or temperature gradient

Mass of a substance which passes per unit of time

Navier–Stokes equations

Equations describing the motion of viscous fluid substances

Newtonian fluid

Fluid in which the viscous stresses arising from its flow, at every point, are linearly proportional to the local strain rate—the rate of change of its deformation over time; the simplest mathematical model of fluid that account for viscosity

Non-Newtonian fluid

Fluid that does not follow Newton's Law of Viscosity

Chemical process

Type of liquid flow within a closed conduit

Reynolds number

Ratio of inertial to viscous forces acting on a liquid

Study of the flow of matter, primarily in a liquid state

Surface tension

Tendency of a liquid surface to shrink to reduce surface area

Motion characterized by chaotic changes in pressure and flow velocity

Resistance of a fluid to shear deformation

Volumetric flow rate

Volume of fluid which passes per unit time

Pseudovector field in continuum mechanics