4. Our ideas about
scenic beauty leads
us to:
oDecorate our city centers with
fountains, our gardens with
fishponds, and our homes with
liquid-filled lamps.
o Fill out picture calendars with
views of waterfalls, rivers, lakes
and seas.
o Stand at the seashore and spend
hours watching waves breaking on
the rocks.
Why we study fluid mechanics?
5. Children:
oThey build dams in country streams
and moats around seaside
sandcastles.
oDelight in playing with soap bubbles,
with toy yachts, and with kites and
paper airplanes.
Why we study fluid mechanics?
6. Adults:
oSwimming in an international
pastimes, and many sports- golf,
baseball, cricket, tennis (involve
fluid mechanics phenomena
causing balls to swerve in flight).
o Share there pleasures, though often
on a grander scale, using sea-going
yachts and hang-gliders for
example.
Why we study fluid mechanics?
7. Many
engineers are
also
fascinated by
fluid motions,
but they have
additional
reasons for
there interest, o Rivers and oceans are used for
transportation.
o Winds, tides and waves are
potential sources of power.
o Water deposition on hillsides as
rain and snow is vital to our
domestic needs.
Fluid Properties
Why we study fluid mechanics?
8. Many
engineers are
also
fascinated by
fluid motions,
but they have
additional
reasons for
there interest,
o Rivers require frequent dredging to
prevent the closing of navigable
channels by the deposition of sill..
o Sometimes the engineers' task is
to pit their wits against nature.
Walls and harbors are needed to
protect coastline and vessel from
the destructive power of the sea.
o Bridges and tall buildings must
withstand gale-force winds..
Why we study fluid mechanics?
9. Many
engineers are
also
fascinated by
fluid motions,
but they have
additional
reasons for
there interest,
:
oLubrication must be provided to
reduce friction and wear in metal
surfaces moving past each other at
very high speeds.
oVehicles must be shaped to move
through air with minimum drag.
Why we study fluid mechanics?
12. A Solid can resist a shear stress by a static deflection
A Fluid
being composed of relatively closed-packed
molecules with strong cohesive forces, tends
to retain its volume and will form a free surface
13.
14.
15. Archimedean screw pump in Egypt
( Positive displacement pump).
Hand pump in village in the
Gambia
Hand pump in village in the
Namibia
The city hall and the fountain -
Marie de Hongrie . (Belgium).