Introduction to
Elementary Fluid Mechanics - Click here for background
In a Nut Shell – In elementary fluid mechanics you start by studying fluid properties, fluid statics (no acceleration of the fluid particles), static pressure distribution, pressure measurements, and hydrostatics. The more interesting and challenging portion of fluid mechanics is accelerated fluid motion. As in elementary dynamics, this subject contains two parts – fluid kinematics and fluid kinetics. Two viewpoints apply to the study of fluid kinetics – the Eulerian and the Lagrangian viewpoints. An analogy is that of cars passing thru an intersection. If you ride in each individual car (fluid particle), then you are using the Lagrangian description. If you sit at the intersection and view cars (fluid particles) passing by, then you are using the Eulerian description. In the elementary course you will apply the Eulerian description.
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