10.4.2 - Simple Flow Problems and Pressure Gradient Effects
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What is incompressible flow?
💡 Hint: Think about situations in which fluids do not change density.
Define a streamline.
💡 Hint: Consider how water flows in a river.
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What does Bernoulli's equation describe?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens to fluid energy as it flows.
True or False: Velocity potential functions are applicable in rotational flows.
💡 Hint: Think about the conditions under which these functions are defined.
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Consider a fluid flowing between two parallel plates with a constant pressure gradient. Derive the velocity profile assuming steady-state incompressible flow.
💡 Hint: Don’t forget the simplifications you can make!
How would the behavior of the streamlines change if the flow became rotational due to turbulence introduced?
💡 Hint: Consider the implications of added energy in the system.
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