Fluid Mechanics

Calendar for the 2020 School Closure

Syllabus, Lectures and Handouts for this unit: Calendar | Handouts | Lectures

Labs for this unit: Absolute Zero Lab | Viscosity of a Fluid Lab | Bucket Lab

Quandaries: Buoyant Force of Air

Assessments: 10.1 Fluid Statics | 10.2 Fluid Dynamics | IB Fluids Problems  

10A.    Fluids

10B.    Density

10C.    Pressure

Noteguide-10C-Pressure.docx

Pressure, Force and Area:

10D.    Convert between different units of pressure.

Noteguide-10D-PressureConversions.docx

Converting Units of Pressure:

10E.    Understand what is meant by gauge pressure, and convert between gauge and absolute pressure.

Noteguide-10E-GaugePressure.docx

Gauge and Absolute Pressure:

10F.    Hydrostatic Pressure

10G.    Pascal's Principle

10H.     Buoyant Force

Noteguide-10H-Buoyancy.docx

Buoyant Force Part 1:

Carbon Dioxide seeping from the ground: Mazuku

10I.    Continuity and Volume Flow rate

Continuity:

10J.    Bernoulli's Principle

Noteguide-10J-Bernoulli.docx

Bernouullliiiiiiiiiiiiiii!

10K.    Viscosity

Noteguide-10KL-ViscosityAndStokes.docx

Basic Concept of Viscosity: (Whiteboards are at the end of Video M)

10L.    Stokes Law

Totally Geek out if you want!!:

Laminar Flow

Smarter every day

Air flow around ball

Build your own laminar flow nozzle

Magnus Effect.  (force on a spinning ball)

Veritaserum   Off A Dam

Physics Girl

Vortex Rings colliding

Smarter every day


APS Fluid Dynamics


10M.    Reynolds numbers