45 Fluid Mechanics Fundamentals
Recommended Reading:
Introduction to Fluid Mechanics: Chapters 1 – 2: Page 1 – 19 (pdf pg. 11 – 29)
Lessons in Industrial Instrumentation: Chapter 2: Sections 11: Page 166-219 (pdf pg. 191 – 244)
Key Terms:
| Bernoulli’s Principle | Hydrostatic | Standard Cubic Feet Per Minute |
| Centipoise | Incompressible fluids | Surface Tension |
| Centistokes | Laminar Flow | Turbulent Flow |
| Compressible Fluids | lb/ft^3 | Vapor Pressure |
| Critical Flow | lb/in^2 | Vapor Temperature |
| Cubic Feet Per Second | lb-s/ft^2 | Velocity |
| Darcy Weisbach Equation | Liquid | Viscosity |
| Density | Newtonian Fluid | Volumetric Flow |
| Diameter | Non-Newtonian Fluid | |
| Flow Measurement | Pascal’s Law | |
| Fluid Mechanics | Phase Change | |
| Gallons Per Minute | Shear stress | |
| Gas | Specific Gravity | |
| Hydrodynamic | Specific Volume |