Questions tagged [flow]
The motion of fluids (gases, liquids and granular material).
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Is it possible to equate the radius of a hole using poiseuille's law?
I want to calculate the radius of a hole from the leak rate. I have come across Poiseuille's law which includes the radius of pipe/hole. Is it possible to equate the radius of the hole from the volume ...
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Is Coefficient of viscosity frame dependent? Why/Why not?
Is Coefficient of viscosity frame dependent? Why/Why not?
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What are good textbooks or documents to learn numerical simulation about open channel flow like river flow?
I'm trying to learn about numerical simulation about river flow.
The problem is I am a CFD beginner (just studied about hydraulics).
So I don't know history or important topics about numerical ...
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Why is the stress tensor simplifying like this
\begin{eqnarray}
\nabla \cdot \boldsymbol \tau &=& 2 \mu \nabla \cdot \boldsymbol \varepsilon\\
&=& \mu \nabla \cdot \left( \nabla\mathbf{u} + (\nabla\mathbf{u}) ^\mathrm{T} \right)\\
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Maximum velocity of isentropic compression
In the isentropic compression tables, if P/Po = 0.9999, then A/A* = 57.8738.
This is from the isentropic compression table found here:
http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/cbe150a/isentropic_flow.pdf
Am I ...
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Finding the flow rate of a gaseous oxidizer flowing through a solid fuel (and they're combusting!)
I'm wondering, is there a way to calculate the volumetric flow rate or mass flow rate of oxygen flowing through a solid fuel (ex. paraffin wax) and combusting with it?
After the combustion, the flow ...
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Water Bottle Rocket Thrust - two calculation methods not matching
I have been launching water bottle rockets with my kids and we are in the process of creating a simulation of the launch using numerical methods. I am a mechanical engineer, but fluid dynamics is not ...
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Air velocity from a 5mm pipe
At first, I will try to describe my problem.
I have a compressed air at 0.4 MPa (4 bars) that goes trough a control valve and a flow meter into two 5 mm pipes.
Flow meter shows the value of 200 ...
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How can the characteristic length of flows also be a measure of a fluid element?
This is how Wikipedia derives Reynolds number:
$${\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}\mathrm {Re} &={\frac {\text{inertial forces}}{\text{viscous forces}}}={\frac {ma}{\tau A}}={\frac {\rho V\cdot {\...
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How are velocities defined in the usual form of the continuity equation?
Often in Physics classes we solve problems involving fluid flows in pipes. Usually they are solved by a combination of Bernoulli's law and continuity law, which states that the same volume of fluid ...
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Using height to calculate Pressure (independent variable) and Flow rate (dependent variable)?
The investigation is experimentally verifying Poiseuille's equation. The independent variable is the changing pressure and the dependent variable is flow rate.
My experiment plan is having a simple ...
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Bernoulli's law for turbulent flow
Is Bernoulli's law valid for turbulent flow for a non-viscous, non-compressible, non-rotating fluid with isoentropic flow?
An ideal fluid has coeffieicent of viscosity=0,which implies that it's ...
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What is the theoretical flow rate of water through a tube leaving a container?
The question comes from this image:
There is a container with $h$ amount of water above a hole of diameter $r$. This hole leads to a tube that the water exits through.
Using the pressure on both ...
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Hagen-Poiseuille equation
The Hagen-Poiseuille equation states that
$$\Delta p = \frac{8\mu LQ}{\pi R^4}$$
where $\mu$ is the dynamic viscosity of the fluid. I'm just wondering, can the dynamic viscosity be replaced by ...
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Derivation of Stokes Formula using stream function
I need help with derivation of Stokes Formula. I have found derivation on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stokes%27_law), but I don’t know how can I get from equation (1) to equation (2). How ...
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Why is the pressure difference the same for B and C?
So this is the question from brilliant.org:
Which pipe (or pipes) carries water with the highest speed?
The answer given was A. I picked C, the explanation wasn't clear to me.
It says:
The ...
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What happens during cavitation?
Cavitation is vapor bubbles and when they implode creates a shock wave, before imploding the bubble can reach temperatures of 10000k.
I want to know what conditions must be met to make cavitation, ...
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What is the reason for the presence of a developing region in a boundary layer?
Why does a fluid first flow as shown in the entrance region before flowing as shown in the developed region ?
In other words, why wouldn't it flow in developed region from the beginning ?
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Continuously cooling air at the entry to a vertical tube to get a denser air flow at exit
If you have a well insulated vertically aligned pipe open at the top and bottom to ambient air, and then continuously cool the air at the top entry cross-sectional diameter to create a free-falling ...
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Why do proofs of Bernoulli's equation assume that forces on opposite ends point in different directions?
I've read 4 different books and yet nobody explains why forces $F_1$ ($=p_1A_1$) and $F_2$ ($=p_2A_2$) point in different directions. Shouldn't $F_2$ point in the same direction as $v_2$?
Since we'...
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Why does the “air” close or open doors?
Assume we have an empty room with two doors on the opposite sides of it. If we open one of the doors, the door on the opposite side automatically closes "harder", and if we close one of the doors the ...
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Why does the wind close doors?
Assume you have two rooms, both with holes in the wall (more commonly known as open windows), which connect each room to the exterior. The two rooms are connected, but the connection can be closed by ...
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Is there a Coandă effect outside the atmosphere?
For example, when air is blown through a spoon in the atmosphere, the air flow bends toward the spoon. People say it's the Coandă effect. So, outside the atmosphere, when we let air blow through the ...
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How to avoid water tension in a hose?
I am doing a project in which I have to flow water between two containers, which are connected at the bottom by a 1/4" hose. Remarkably, the surface water tension is such that water does not flow ...
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(SOLVED) Calculate the velocity of a gas inputted in pressure difference
I'm trying to make a generally simple calculation but I'm not sure if I'm approaching this correctly. So as I'm making assumptions solving this problem, please comment or correct me wherever I'm wrong ...
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How can you calculate the total time taken for water to completely flow out of a container given the amount of water initially in the container?
I'm doing an experiment on changing the amount of water in the container and seeing how the time is taken changes with it. The container has a little hole at the bottom where the water flows out from. ...
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Can the flow be irrotational if the viscous forces act on fluid?
I tried to answer the question only using the definitions and the Navier-Stokes equation:
$$\rho \frac{Dv}{Dt} = -\nabla P +\rho g -\mu[\nabla \times(\nabla \times v)] $$
In my opinion if the ...
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Flow in parallel vertical pipes
Consider a tank open to atmospheric pressure, with a large cross-section area A1 and height H, that contains an incompressible fluid.
Two vertical pipes with length H and cross-section area A2 are ...
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Does density vary with time in a steady flow?
Steady flow is defined as the type of flow where density, pressure and velocity don't change with time, as far as my understanding goes. However, in the video below, they say that the density in a ...
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Physical meaning of the convection term in the momentum equation of acoustic wave
In deriving the acoustic wave equation, the momentum equation is used.
$$\frac{\partial \mathbf{u}}{\partial t}+
(\mathbf{u}\nabla)\mathbf{u}=-\frac{1}{\rho} \nabla p$$
Intuitively, the convection ...
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Conversion between Power and Flow rate of Fan taking into consideration the geometry of the fan
I need to find the relation between two properties of a fan, that is between power and flow-rate. I expect such a formula to depend on the pressure and on the geometry of the fan.
I have found in ...
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Grad student needing help with a fluid mechanics issue in project
As the subject states I have hit a wall in a fluid mechanics associated problem in designing an experiment for my grad project.
Long story short, I'm an engineering undergrad who got a broad ...
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Specific total enthalpy VS Specific enthalpy
What is the difference between specific enthalpy and specific total enthalpy in the context of fluid flow?
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Does laminar flow of a mixture tend to result in mass separation?
In a laminar flow regime, a fluid separates into streamlines with a parabolic flow profile. Do particles within such a flow tend to become aligned by mass (e.g. lighter molecules travelling together ...
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Most effecient negative shape to create laminar flow
I was looking at laminar flow filters to aid in my mycology work I'm doing. Most filters use an aluminum extrusion with fins. I figured the options out there are pretty expensive for what you get and ...
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Wich is the correct flow rate $Q$ solved with iterations?
I have a little question about this problem I computed the right answer this way
First I applied Bernoulli between the top and the exit
$$\frac{P_{t}}{\rho g}+z_{t}+\frac{v_{t}^2}{2g}-H_{1}-H_2-H_{\...
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Flow velocity ambiguity in transition region
I have calculated the following short table concerning the stationary flow of water in a 1 meter long pipe with a diameter of 16 mm and a completely smooth inner surface.
The flow is driven by the ...
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$Gm/r$ in momentum equation of compressible flow for cylindrical geometry
In the case of compressible flow, due to the gravitational field, the source term added in the momentum equation (which is gravitational potential) is $Gm/r$ in the case of cylindrical geometry and $...
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Flow in bend pipe
What happens to a flow in a bent pipe of uniform cross sectional area? Will there be any change in flow velocity at the outlet? If yes, why does it happen? What happens at the bent area of the pipe? ...
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What is the shape of the upper boundary of water hitting a screen?
When I saw that thing I did not understand how that shape is formed? To be ideal, take a vertical smooth plane. Now aim at the wall with a thin water tube. Then the outer layer forms a "parabolic ...
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What is irrotational flow? How to judge?
For example, when the wing moves horizontally, the direction of fluid flow changes first to upward at the leading edge of the wing and then to downward at the trailing edge. Does it rotate? If the ...
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calculate CFM of a ceiling fan
I'm trying to calculate, or even understand what data do i need to calculate the CFM of a ceiling fan. in many countries this is a given data in the product details but not where I'm from. I have the ...
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Acoustics air flow vs the human body
My question to you all is...
Is it possible to move air acoustically. ie to move air over a 2.1m distance to be felt by the human body with a cooling effect but not heard by the human ear ?
I'm just ...
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Problem estimating the flow rate in natural draft chimney using Bernoulli equation including heat and friction losses
I am trying to build a simple model for fluid flow and heat transfer in a natural draft chimney. I've found some literature about it (most of them giving the same result as the equations on the ...
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Why does blood pressure drop when blood vessels rupture?
Some people say that because the flow is large, the pressure is low. Is that right? Why does the pressure drop when the flow rate is high?
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How to measure flow rate using Toricelli's law?
For my experiment, I want to investigate the relation between height and velocity using Torricelli's law. I would like to know how I would measure the flow rate from volume in a spouting cylinder.
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Viscous losses in loop helical flow
Imagine flow of the following kind.
The flow line for each flow particle is a helix with its axis bent so that the beginning attaches to the end.
How can I determine the viscous losses in this flow ...
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Do drones fly because of low pressure above them or high pressure below them?
I was working on some drone battery life solutions and was stuck with the question whether drones fly because of low pressure created above them by the rotor or due to high pressure created below them....
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A doubt on this paper regarding Ricci flow on space-time
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.06239
In this paper,the authors use ricci flow to construct Lifshitz spaces. But it is known that ricci flow is limited by Riemannian manifold, which has a positive metric....
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Macroscopic hydrodynamics, is there a fluid “vacuum” force?
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I was looking at the following simulated fish movement article and how the physics could be improved (ie, made more realistic) with out a huge impact on performance. It looks like they ...
