Foundations of Mechanics
The branch of physics concerned with the study of motion, forces, and energy.
MECHANICS
The branch of fluid mechanics that deals with fluids at rest.
FLUID STATICS
A substance that deforms continuously under the application of an external shear force.
FLUID
The internal resistance of a fluid to flow or shear.
VISCOSITY
The mass per unit volume of a substance.
DENSITY
The branch of mechanics that deals with bodies at rest.
STATICS
The branch of fluid mechanics that deals with fluids in motion.
FLUID DYNAMICS
Fluids that have definite volume but no fixed shape.
LIQUID
The driving factor that causes fluids to move from regions of high pressure to low pressure.
PRESSURE GRADIENT
The reciprocal of density.
SPECIFIC VOLUME
The branch of mechanics that deals with bodies in motion.
DYNAMICS
The principle describing pressure in a fluid due to gravity using the equation P=ρgh
HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE
Fluids that have neither definite shape nor definite volume.
GASES
The property that determines mass per unit volume of a fluid.
DENSITY
The ratio of the density of a substance to the density of water at 4°C.
Specific Gravity
The science that studies the behavior of liquids, gases, and plasmas at rest and in motion.
FLUID MECHANICS
The principle stating conservation of mass in fluid flow expressed as A1v1=A2v2.
CONTINUITY EQUATION
The type of fluid that is highly compressible.
GAS
The force acting on the surface of a liquid causing it to behave like a stretched elastic sheet.
SURFACE TENSION
The attractive force between unlike molecules.
Adhesion
The branch of science concerned with the response of fluids to forces exerted upon them.
FLUID MECHANICS
The principle stating that an increase in fluid velocity results in a decrease in pressure.
BENOULLI'S PRINCIPLE
The type of fluid that is virtually incompressible.
LIQUID
The characteristic of container walls that influences boundary layer development and friction.
The upward force exerted on an object submerged in a fluid.
BUOYANCY