20.2.1 - Recap of Previous Lectures
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Practice Questions
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What does the mass conservation equation state?
💡 Hint: Consider how mass behaves in a steady fluid flow.
Name the two types of forces in fluid mechanics.
💡 Hint: Think about forces acting throughout the body's volume and at its surface.
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What principle states that mass cannot be created or destroyed?
💡 Hint: Recall the fundamental laws of physics.
True or False: Body forces are only gravitational.
💡 Hint: Think of what forces can act throughout a fluid's volume.
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In a system where the inlet mass flow rate is 12 kg/s and the outlet is 8 kg/s, discuss how this affects the conservation of mass and potential physical explanations.
💡 Hint: Consider where the missing mass could have gone.
Using the Reynolds Transport Theorem, calculate the force exerted on a control volume with an inbound momentum flux of 150 N and an outbound of 100 N.
💡 Hint: Apply the basic concept of conservation alongside the Theorem.
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