Fluid Clasisfication and Properties
Fluid Clasisfication and Properties
Fluid Clasisfication and Properties
MECHANICS
PREPARED BY:
ENGR. OLIVE B. BARBA
COURSE CONTENT
MODULE 1 MODULE 2 MODULE
Translation and
3 MODULE 4
Introduction Hydrostatics Fluid Flow
Dimensional Analysis of
to Fluid Mechanics and Buoyancy Fluid
Hydrostatic Forces on Fundamentals of
1 Fluid Classification,
Fluid Properties
1 Plane Surfaces 1 Translation and
Rotation of Liquid
1 Fluid Flow
Masses Fundamentals of
2 Units & Scale of
2 Hydrostatic Forces
Dimensional
2 Fluid Flow
Pressure Measurement on Curved Surfaces
2 Analysis and Fundamentals of
3 Pressure-Measure
Device & Pressure 3 Buoyancy Hydraulic 3 Fluid Flow
& Stability Similitude
at a Point
Fluids in Rigid-
4 Pressure Variation
in a Static Fluid &
4 Body Motion
Manometers
FLUID MECHANICS
A branch of applied mechanics that is concerned with the statics and dynamics
of liquids and gases. It is also defined as the science that deals with the
behavior of fluids at rest (fluid statics) or in motion (fluid dynamics), and the
interaction of fluids with solids or other fluids at the boundaries.
HYDRODYNAMICS
Fluid in motion with FORCE and
ACCELERATION consideration
KINEMATICS
WITHOUT FORCE consideration
CHARACTERISTICS OF FLUIDS
LIQUIDS GASES
Great resistance to change in Little resistance to change in
form or volume form or volume
DENSITY
The density (ρ) of a fluid is its mass per unit volume.
𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑝
𝜌 = 𝜌=
𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑅𝑇
Where:
Density of water = 1000 kg/m3
p = pressure
9810 N/ m3
9.81 kN/ m3 R = specific gas constant
62.4 lb/ ft3 T = absolute temperature
1 gram/ cm3
FLUID PROPETIES
SPECIFIC GRAVITY
Specific gravity (g) is the ratio of the fluid’s density to the density of a certain
standard reference. The standard reference used for liquids and solids is pure
water, which is water at densed condition (Temperature = 4 ˚C or 39.2 ˚F). The
specific gravity of water is taken as 1.000. Another term for specific gravity is
relative density.
𝜌𝑙𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑑 𝜌𝑔𝑎𝑠
𝑆𝐺𝑙𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑑 = 𝑆𝐺𝑔𝑎𝑠 =
𝜌𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝜌𝑎𝑖𝑟
However, if the temperature and pressure of air and gas are the same, then
specific gravity can be calculated as the ratio of molecular weight or as inverse
ratio of specific gas constants.
FLUID PROPETIES
CAPILLARITY /
CAPILLARY ACTION
Capillary action is caused by surface tension
between the liquid and vertical solid surface.
4𝜎𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
ℎ=
𝛾𝑑
BULK MODULUS OF E=
∆𝑃
−∆𝑉
ELASTICITY 𝑉
It expresses the compressibility of Where,
fluid. It is the ratio of the change in ∆𝑃 = change in Pressure
unit pressure to the corresponding ∆𝑉 = change in Volume ( negative
volume change per unit volume implies decrease)
𝑉 = is the original volume
COMPRESSIBILITY
Compressibility β is the fractional change in the volume of a fluid per unit
change in pressure at constant temperature process. It is the reciprocal of
bulk modulus, E.
1 −∆𝑉
𝛽=
𝐸 𝛽= 𝑉
∆𝑃
SAMPLE PROBLEMS