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Eric G. Paterson
Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University
Spring 2005
Note to Instructors
These slides were developed1 during the spring semester 2005, as a teaching aid for the
undergraduate Fluid Mechanics course (ME33: Fluid Flow) in the Department of Mechanical
and Nuclear Engineering at Penn State University. This course had two sections, one taught
by myself and one taught by Prof. John Cimbala. While we gave common homework and
exams, we independently developed lecture notes. This was also the first semester that
Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications was used at PSU. My section had 93
students and was held in a classroom with a computer, projector, and blackboard. While
slides have been developed for each chapter of Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and
Applications, I used a combination of blackboard and electronic presentation. In the student
evaluations of my course, there were both positive and negative comments on the use of
electronic presentation. Therefore, these slides should only be integrated into your lectures
with careful consideration of your teaching style and course objectives.
Eric Paterson
Penn State, University Park
August 2005
1
These slides were originally prepared using the LaTeX typesetting system (http://www.tug.org/)
and the beamer class (http://latex-beamer.sourceforge.net/), but were translated to PowerPoint for
wider dissemination by McGraw-Hill.
Pressure on diver at
1
100 ft?
kg m 1m
2
Pgage ,2 gz 998 3 9.81 100 ft
m s 3.28 ft
1atm
298.5kPa 2.95atm
100 ft 101.325 kPa
Pabs ,2 Pgage ,2 Patm 2.95atm 1atm 3.95atm
Danger of emergency
2 ascent?
1 1 PV
PV 2 2 Boyles law
V1 P2 3.95atm
If you hold your breath on ascent, your lung 4
V2 P1 1atm
volume would increase by a factor of 4, which
would result in embolism and/or death.
F1 F2 F2 A2
P1 P2
A1 A2 F1 A1
Ratio A2/A1 is called ideal
mechanical advantage
Example of elevation
head z converted to
velocity head V2/2g.
We'll discuss this in
more detail in Chapter
5 (Bernoulli equation).
dP ax dx gdz
Pressure difference between 2 points
P2 P1 ax x2 x1 g z2 z1
Find the rise by selecting 2 points on
free surface P2 = P1
ax
zs zs 2 zs1 x2 x1
g
ME33 : Fluid Flow 36 Chapter 3: Pressure and Fluid Statics
Rotation in a Cylindrical Container
Container is rotating about the z-axis
ar r 2 , a az 0
P P P
r 2 , 0, g
r z
Total differential of P
dP r 2 dr gdz
On an isobar, dP = 0
dzisobar r 2 2 2
zisobar r C1
dr g 2g
Equation of the free surface
2 2
zs h0
4g
R 2r 2
Same methodology as
Hydrostatic testing in water.
What are the ramifications of
using air?
Density of air is 1/1000th of
water.
Temperature dependence of
air.
Measurement of small
volumes.
Used by NCAA Wrestling (there
is a BodPod on PSU campus).