Fluid dynamics

fluid mechanics that deals with fluid flow((liquids and gases))

 Equations of fluid dynamics

o 1.1Conservation laws
o 1.2Compressible vs incompressible flow
o 1.3Inviscid vs Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids
o 1.4Steady vs unsteady flow
o 1.5Laminar vs turbulent flow
o 1.6Subsonic vs transonic, supersonic and hypersonic flows
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 Terminology in fluid dynamics
o 2.1Terminology in incompressible fluid dynamics
o 2.2Terminology in compressible fluid dynamics

Fluids
 Statics · Dynamics
 Archimedes' principle · Bernoulli's principle
 Navier–Stokes equations
 Poiseuille equation · Pascal's law
 Viscosity (Newtonian · non-Newtonian)
 Buoyancy · Mixing · Pressure

Liquids

 Surface tension
 Capillary action

Gases

 Atmosphere
 Boyle's law
 Charles's law
 Gay-Lussac's law
 Combined gas law
The concepts of compressible and incompressible fluids play a major role in fields such as fluid
dynamics, fluid statics,

What is Compressible Fluid?

understand what compressibility.

The compressibility of a fluid is the reduction of the volume of the fluid due to external pressures
acting on it. Since an adiabatic process is also isentropic, this process is a constant entropy
process.

What is Incompressible Fluid?

Most of the basic calculations done in fluid dynamics are done assuming the fluid is
incompressible.

What is the difference between Compressible Fluids and Incompressible Fluids?

• Compressible fluids are found in reality. In fact, all of the fluids found in nature are
compressible. Incompressible fluids are a concept developed for ease of calculations.

• Compressible fluids reduce in volume when an external pressure is applied, but

incompressible fluids do not change the volume.

• The fluid dynamic calculations for the incompressible fluids are very easy compared to
the calculations involving compressible fluids.