By name: fluids description: Fluid behavior and properties license: MIT compatibility: opencode metadata: audience: engineers category: physics
What I do
- Analyze fluid statics and pressure distributions
- Calculate fluid forces on submerged surfaces
- Model capillary action and surface tension
- Study viscosity and non-Newtonian fluids
- Apply Bernoulli's principle to fluid systems
- Calculate pump and pipe flow requirements
When to use me
When analyzing hydraulic systems, designing piping, or studying fluid behavior at rest.
Key Concepts
- Hydrostatic Pressure: P = ρgh increases with depth
- Archimedes' Principle: Buoyant force = weight of displaced fluid
- Surface Tension: γ = energy/area, causes capillary rise h = 2γcosθ/(ρgr)
- Pascal's Law: Pressure applied to enclosed fluid transmits equally
- Viscosity: τ = μ(du/dy) for Newtonian fluids
- Reynolds Number: Re = ρvD/μ predicts flow regime