Fluid Kinematics

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What is fluid kinematics?

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The study of how fluids flow and how to describe fluid motion.

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What does Lagrangian refer to in fluid kinematics?

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Tracking the position and velocity of each individual fluid particle.

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What is the Eulerian approach?

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A method where a finite volume called a flow domain or control volume is defined, through which fluid is in and out.

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What are field variables?

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Functions of space and time that define the flow field.

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What is flow visualization?

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The visual examination of flow field features, useful in physical experiments and CFD.

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What is a streamline?

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A curve that is everywhere tangent to the instantaneous local velocity vector.

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What is a streamtube?

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A bundle of streamlines.

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What are instantaneous quantities?

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Defined at a particular instant in time according to the velocity field at that instant.

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What happens when flow accelerates or converges?

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A streamtube decreases in diameter.

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What happens when flow decelerates or diverges?

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A streamtube increases in diameter.