19.3.2 - Choosing Control Volume
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What is a control volume in fluid mechanics?
💡 Hint: Think about the area we analyze.
How many components are there in a stress tensor?
💡 Hint: Relate it to normal and shear stresses.
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What are stress tensors primarily used for?
💡 Hint: Think about how forces are represented.
True or False: Body forces only act at the surface of a fluid.
💡 Hint: Consider the force's distribution.
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Calculate the total pressure force and gravity force acting on a subset control volume from a fluid at rest.
💡 Hint: Use both surface and volume integrals.
Given a fluid flow situation, define an appropriate control volume and justify your design choice.
💡 Hint: Reference how pressure distributions might cancel.
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