Physics

Fluid Mechanics

Part of Fluid Mechanics, level 3. About 20 hours of study across the topics below.

Fluid Statics

  1. Pressure & Pascal's Principlepressure in fluids, gauge vs absolute pressure2.5–5 h
  2. Buoyancy & Archimedes' Principlefloating, apparent weight, stability2.5–5 h
  3. Hydrostatic Forceforce on submerged surfaces, dams2.5–5 h

Fluid Dynamics

  1. Continuity Equationmass conservation, volumetric flow, incompressible flow2.5–5 h
  2. Bernoulli's Equationenergy conservation in flow, applications (lift, venturi, Torricelli)2.5–5 h
  3. Viscosity & DragNewtonian viscosity, Poiseuille flow, Reynolds number, terminal velocity2.5–5 h
  4. Turbulence & Boundary Layers Introlaminar vs turbulent, transition, friction factor2.5–5 h
  5. Navier-Stokes Equations Introderivation context, simplified solutions, importance2.5–5 h