20. - Fluid Mechanics for Civil and Mechanical Engineering
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Practice Questions
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What is conservation of momentum?
💡 Hint: Think about the implications of no outside forces.
What does a control volume represent?
💡 Hint: It helps visualize where fluids enter and exit.
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What does the conservation of momentum state?
💡 Hint: Consider a ball rolling on a smooth surface.
True or False: Body forces only act on the surface of fluids.
💡 Hint: Think about gravitational forces operating in fluids.
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Challenge Problems
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Given a pipe with a variable diameter, analyze how conservation of momentum applies as fluid flows through both wider and narrower sections.
💡 Hint: Utilize the equation of continuity: A1V1 = A2V2.
Discuss how external environmental forces, like wind, may affect the momentum equations applied in analyzing the flow of water around a dam.
💡 Hint: What happens to the flow when wind applies a force?
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