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# Fluid Dynamics

Fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that deals with fluid flow in motion. There are many branches in fluid dynamics, aerodynamics, and hydrodynamics few among the popularly known fluid mechanics.

## What Is Fluid Dynamics?

Fluid dynamics is “the branch of applied science that is concerned with the movement of liquids and gases,” according to the American Heritage Dictionary. It involves a wide range of applications such as calculating force & moments, determining the mass flow rate of petroleum through pipelines, predicting weather patterns, understanding nebulae in interstellar space, and modelling fission weapon detonation.

### What Is Computational Fluid Dynamics?

Computational fluid dynamics is a branch of fluid mechanics that uses numerical analysis and algorithms to solve and analyse problems that involve fluid flows. High-speed supercomputers are used to perform the calculation that is required to simulate the interaction of liquids and gases.

## Applications of Fluid Dynamics

Fluid Dynamics can be applied in the following ways:

• Fluid dynamics is used to calculate the forces acting upon the aeroplane.
• It is used to find the flow rates of material such as petroleum from pipelines.
• It can also be used in traffic engineering (traffic treated as continuous liquid flow).

## Equations in Fluid Dynamics: Bernoulli’s Equation

$$\begin{array}{l}\large \frac{P}{\rho }+g\;z+\frac{v^{2}}{2}=k\end{array}$$

$$\begin{array}{l}\large \frac{P}{\rho g}+z+\frac{v^{2}}{2g}=k\end{array}$$

$$\begin{array}{l}\large \frac{P}{\rho g}+\frac{v^{2}}{2g}+z=k\end{array}$$

Here,

P/ρg is the pressure head or pressure energy per unit weight fluid

v2/2g is the kinetic head or kinetic energy per unit weight

z is the potential head or potential energy per unit weight

P is the Pressure

ρ is the Density

K is the Constant

The Bernoulli equation is different for isothermal as well as adiabatic processes.

$$\begin{array}{l}\large \frac{dP}{\rho } + V \; dV + g \; dZ = 0\end{array}$$

$$\begin{array}{l}\large \int \left ( \frac{dP}{\rho }+ V\; dV + g\; dZ \right )=K\end{array}$$

$$\begin{array}{l}\large \int \frac{dP}{\rho}+\frac{V^{2}}{2}+g\;Z=K\end{array}$$

Where,

Z is the elevation point

ρ is the density of fluid

The equation can also be written as,

$$\begin{array}{l}\large q + P = P_{o}\end{array}$$

Where,

q is the dynamic pressure

PO is the total pressure

P is the static pressure

## Frequently Asked Questions – FAQs

### What is fluid dynamics?

Fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that deals with fluid flow in motion.

### What are the applications of fluid dynamics?

The following are the applications of fluid dynamics:

• Fluid dynamics can also be used in traffic engineering.
• It is used to calculate the forces acting upon the aeroplane.
• It is used to find the flow rates of material such as petroleum from pipelines.

### Give the equation to find the fluid pressure?

$$\begin{array}{l}\large q + P = P_{o}\end{array}$$
Where,
q is the dynamic pressure
PO is the total pressure
P is the static pressure

TRUE.

### What Is computational fluid dynamics?

Computational fluid dynamics is a branch of fluid mechanics that uses numerical analysis and algorithms to solve and analyse problems that involve fluid flows.

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