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	Fluid statics - Definition, explanation
		Fluids are characterised by their inability to sustain a shear stress in equilibrium.
		A fluid, then, can only exert stress normal to any contact surface, and the accompanying pressure in the fluid is the same in all directions for a static fluid.
		Density, ρ, of a fluid is, in general, a function of temperature and, in the case of compressible fluids, of pressure.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/f/fl/fluid_statics.php (681 words)

	Fluid Mechanics - MSN Encarta
		Fluid Mechanics, physical science dealing with the action of fluids at rest or in motion, and with engineering applications and devices using fluids.
		Fluid mechanics can be subdivided into two major areas: fluid statics, or hydrostatics, which deals with fluids at rest, and fluid dynamics, concerned with fluids in motion.
		The second important principle of fluid statics was discovered by the Greek mathematician and philosopher Archimedes.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761578780/Fluid_Mechanics.html (1400 words)

	Fluid Mechanics - Search View - MSN Encarta
		It follows that the force per unit area, the pressure, exerted by the fluid against the walls of an arbitrarily shaped containing vessel is perpendicular to the walls at every point.
		Known as Pascal's law, it states that the pressure applied to an enclosed fluid is transmitted equally in all directions and to all parts of the enclosing vessel, if pressure differences due to the weight of the fluid can be neglected.
		This branch of fluid mechanics deals with the laws of fluids in motion; these laws are considerably more complex and, in spite of the greater practical importance of fluid dynamics, only a few basic ideas can be discussed here.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /text_761578780__1/Fluid_Mechanics.html (2613 words)

	Fluid pressure Summary
		Open conditions are considered to be "static" or not moving (even in the ocean where there are waves and currents) because the fluid is essentially "at rest." The pressure in open conditions conform with principles of fluid statics.
		The concepts of fluid pressure are predominantly attributed to the discoveries of Blaise Pascal and Daniel Bernoulli.
		In the case where the fluid is at rest, called fluid statics or hydrostatics (from hydro meaning "water" and static meaning "at rest"), the force acting on the object is the sheer weight of the fluid above, up to the water's surface—such as from a water tower.
	www.bookrags.com /Fluid_pressure (1692 words)

	Fluid statics
		Fluid statics (also called hydrostatics) is the science of fluids at rest, and is a sub-field within fluid mechanics.
		The use of fluid to do work is called hydraulics, and the science of fluids in motion is fluid dynamics.
		This characteristic allows fluids to transmit force through the length of pipes or tubes, i.e., a force applied to a fluid in a pipe is transmitted, via the fluid, to the other end of the pipe.
	www.dejavu.org /cgi-bin/get.cgi?ver=93&url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.gourt.com%2F%3Farticle%3Dhydrostatics%26type%3Den (695 words)

	Fluid Mechanics
		Fluid mechanics is the study of such materials and includes those materials that we intuitively regard as liquids and gasses.
		Of course the behavior of fluids is determined by the behavior of the particles that make them up, but we will in general not pry into the private lives of individual particle, just consider how the whole society of particles behaves in fluids.
		The pressure exerted by a fluid at a particular depth, h, is defined as the force per unit area that the fluid exerts on an object submerged to that depth.
	www.mcasco.com /p1fluidmech.html (3727 words)

	Fluid - Engineering - A Wikia wiki
		Fluids share the properties of not resisting deformation and the ability to flow (also described as their ability to take on the shape of their containers).
		The behaviour of fluids is described by a set of partial differential equations [[8]], including the Navier-Stokes equations [[9]].
		The study of fluids is fluid mechanics which is then subdivided into fluid dynamics and fluid statics depending on whether the fluid is in motion or not.
	engineering.wikia.com /wiki/Fluid (317 words)

	Dictionary : Fluid_Mechanics
		Fluid mechanics is one of the oldest and broadest fields of engineering.
		Branches of fluid dynamics include hydrodynamics (study of liquids in motion) and aerodynamics (study of gases in motion) as well as vortex dynamics, gas dynamics, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), convection heat transfer, flows of turbo machinery, acoustics, bio-fluids, physical oceanography, atmospheric dynamics, wind engineering, and the dynamics of two-phase flows.
		Then, the fluid flow physics is applied to this virtual model, and the software generates a prediction of the flow about or inside the body being studied.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Dictionary/Fluid_Dynamics/DI116.htm (337 words)

	Aerodynamics for Students (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Hence, for a moving fluid pressure is defined as an average of the three normal stresses acting upon the fluid element.
		Density is constant for incompressible fluids and varies with pressure and temperature for compressible fluids.
		One of the direct applications of the equation of Fluid Statics we have derived is in the devices used to measure pressure.
	www.ae.su.oz.au /aero/fprops/statics/node2.html (2833 words)

	ME 111 Topic 3
		Fluid statics involves a special class of problems in fluid mechanics, where the fluid is not flowing.
		When the velocity of the fluid is zero everywhere, Newton’s law of viscosity shows that there are no shear forces in the fluid, since zero velocities imply zero velocity gradients in all directions.
		Thus, the only forces, which play a role in fluid statics, are pressure forces.
	www.engr.sjsu.edu /nikos/courses/me111/statics.htm (329 words)

	Fluid pressure - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fluid pressure is the pressure at some point within a fluid, such as water or air.
		Pressure in open conditions usually can be approximated as the pressure in "static" or non-moving conditions (even in the ocean where there are waves and currents), because the motions create only negligible changes in the pressure.
		The pressure in closed conditions conform with the principles of fluid dynamics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fluid_pressure (195 words)

	Physics 128 Lecture: Fluid Statics
		A fluid is a collection of randomly arranged molecules held together by weak cohesive forces and the forces exerted by the walls of a container.
		is the pressure at the surface of the fluid, (often 1 ATM), h is the depth and P is the pressure at that depth.
		Incompressible - The density of the fluid is constant.
	www.cord.edu /dept/physics/p128/lecture99_30.html (1498 words)

	ME311
		To develop the ability to apply the main concepts of fluid statics and fluid dynamics in solving a wide range of problems that are normally encountered in engineering practice.
		Demonstrating the ability to apply the main concepts of fluid statics in solving problems related to pressure measurements, forces on plane and curved surfaces, buoyancy and stability of submerged and floating bodies.
		Ability to use the basics of fluid kinematics together with the momentum and energy conservation principles for solving a wide variety of problems that are encountered in engineering applications.
	www.kfupm.edu.sa /ME/courses/ME311.htm (348 words)

	Fluid Mechanics - MCT 231
		The principles of fluid statics including manometry, pressure measurement, forces on submerged surfaces, buoyancy, and stability of floating bodies.
		Fluid pressure, absolute and gage pressure, pressure elevation relation, Pascal's paradox; pressure measurement (barometers, manometers, pressure gages); manometers: U-tube, well-type, inclined, differential, compound; forces on submerged surfaces-horizontal, vertical, inclined; piezometric head.
		Fluid viscosity - dynamic, kinematic, viscosity measurements, Newtonian fluids, non-newtonian fluids, viscosity index, viscosity measurement.
	www.engr.udayton.edu /ENtech/mech/courses/mct231.htm (521 words)

	Static Equations in Fluid Mechanics
		A barotropic, compressible fluid at rest is governed by the statics equation,
		For an incompressible fluid, the statics equation simplifies to,
		If the fluid is compressible but barotropic, then the density and the pressure can be integrated into the "pressure per density" function
	www.efunda.com /formulae/fluids/fluid_statics.cfm (176 words)

	Conservation of Mass
		In the center of the figure, we consider an amount of a static fluid, liquid or gas.
		If we change the fluid from some state "a" to another state "b" and allow it to come to rest, we find that, unlike a solid, a fluid may change its shape.
		As the speed of the flow approaches the speed of sound the density of the flow is no longer a constant and we must then use a compressible form of the mass flow rate equation.
	www.grc.nasa.gov /WWW/K-12/airplane/mass.html (655 words)

	Fluid Statics
		Pressure is everywhere the same at the same depth (as long as the fluid is static).
		If the fluid is moving there can be changes of pressure along a given horizon.
		It includes the pressure from the atmosphere (air pressure), the pressure from any external forces applied to the fluid and the pressure resultant from the weight of the fluid itself.
	www.cet.nau.edu /Projects/WDP/resources/Hydraulics/FluidStatics.htm (2196 words)

	Fluid Statics
		The fact that there is greater pressure at lower depths in a fluid than close to the surface explains why there is an upward force (called buoyant force) on any submerged object.
		For example: I might tell you that the fluid is seawater or blood rather than water, so you should use the appropriate fluid density to calculate gauge pressure and/or buoyant force.
		forgetting that the buoyant force on a totally-submerged object does not depend on the depth of fluid, or on what other forces might be acting on the object (such as normal force).
	www.sage.edu /faculty/vozzof/genphys/fluid.html (726 words)

	Mechanical Engineering (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Facilities are available for investigating the fundamentals of fluid statics as well as kinematics and kinetics of fluid flow.
		The lab is equipped with test rigs for experiments pertinent to fluid mechanics, pumping machinery, and fluid power systems.
		These include viscometers, various types of pumps, turbines, fans and compressors, a fluid power training kit, a fluid friction in pipes and fittings test rig, etc. The lab is also equipped with a 52-inch video-projection system with video tapes available related to fluid mechanics, compressible fluid flow, and turbomachinery.
	www.kfupm.edu.sa /ME/Lfluid.htm (101 words)

	CEE 310: Fluid Mechanics
		Fluid statics and dynamics, dimensional analysis, flow of an ideal fluid, flow of a real fluidincluding laminar and turbulent flow, applications to engineering problems.
		This course draws upon students' knowledge of college-level mathematics and basic sciences and translates this knowledge to understanding fluid flow principles and their application to simple engineering problems.
		This course provides fundamental knowledge and understanding of the mechanics of fluid at rest and in motion by describing and observing fluid phenomena and by developing and using the principles and laws for analyzing fluid interactions with natural and constructed systems.
	www.engr.wisc.edu /cee/courses/cee310.html (556 words)

	ME Course Offerings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The flow of fluids is important in many applications ranging from blood flow in the human body to air flow over the wing of a jet aircraft.
		Fluid statics: buoyancy, hydraulic jack, force on a submerged plate
		Fluid Dynamics: force of a fluid jet, drag on a cylinder in a wind tunnel
	www.mech.northwestern.edu /dept/courses/info/241 (265 words)

	Mechanical Engineering Department- History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Topics include properties of fluids, fluid statics, integral conservation equations, differential field analysis, dimensional analysis and similitude, incompressible boundary layers, viscous flow in conduits and flow about immersed bodies.
		Laboratory equipment which operates on principles of thermodynamics and fluid mechanics is used to reinforce analyses and design of gas and vapor power cycles, refrigeration and air conditioning, ship and aircraft propulsion systems, combustion, energy conversion and compressible flow.
		EM324 Fluid Dynamics (3-2-4) An introductory course in fluid dynamics stressing both the integral and differential forms of the conservation laws of fluid flow.
	www.usna.edu /MechEngDept/courses.htm (1435 words)

	Industrial Engineering @ WMU
		Fluid properties, fluid statics, laminar and turbulent flow, flow in pipes.
		Characterize fluids by properties and identify ideal and non-ideal fluid dynamic situations (a)
		You should consult with me if you are uncertain about an issue of academic honesty prior to the submission of an assignment or test.
	www.wmich.edu /ime/course_pages/ime2840.htm (491 words)

	CE 251 Page
		Fluid mechanics combines theoretical, mathematical descriptions of ideal (frictionless) fluids (i.e., hydrodynamics), with the empirical study of real fluids (hydraulics).
		Students should be familiar with these principles, and a background in physics, integral calculus, and statics is required.
		The course is particularly important for those students interested in careers in hydraulics, hydrology, or environmental engineering, and fluid mechanics is a major component of the FE exam.
	ww2.lafayette.edu /~brandesd/class/ce251/fluids.html (624 words)

	Amazon.com: Fluid Mechanics: Books: Frank M. White (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		White's Fluid Mechanics is praised for its thorough and accurate approach, student friendly writing style, and its concise yet accessible coverage.
		Fluid mechanics is the study of fluids either in motion (fluid dynamics) or at rest (fluid statics).
		As an undergrad I took an introductory fluids course taught by the author at the University of Rhode Island, and I found him to be an extraordinary teacher who could explain complex topics in a straightforward, unassuming manner.
	www.amazon.com /Fluid-Mechanics-Frank-M-White/dp/0072281928 (1304 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Simplify equations (3.7-7), (3.7-8) and (3.7-9) of the textbook, for the case of a fluid at rest.
		The result should be the fundamental equation/equations of fluid statics.
		Problem 3: A fluid is flowing in the z direction through a circular pipe with axial symmetry.
	unr.edu /homepage/zabaloy/373H12.doc (572 words)

	Fluid Statics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		In the first module (Basic Structure) we examined fluid dynamics and the relationship between fluid velocity and pressure.
		For a static fluid (and slow moving fluids as well), the surface of the fluid's container can only exert a force perpendicular to the surface of the container.
		Since the weight of the fluid is w = mg and the mass is related to the displacement volume and density through m =
	www.uvi.edu /Physics/SCI3xxWeb/Plumbing/FluidStatics.html (3073 words)

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