Engineering AtlasFluid Mechanics

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START HERE01-01What is a fluid?06 ARTICLES · 16 TOPICS · JA / EN

FIELD 001 / KNOWLEDGE INDEX

Fluid mechanics knowledge map

From describing phenomena to analysis and design. Trace each topic by chapter and article number.

01

Describe the flow

Express what is flowing in words and measurable quantities

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01-01What is a fluid?Basic · 4 min 01-02Density, pressure & viscosityBasic · 8 min 01-03Streamlines, pathlines & streaklinesBasic · 7 min 01-04Eulerian & Lagrangian viewsAdvanced · 9 min

02

Write conservation laws

Turn mass, momentum and energy into equations

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02-01Continuity equationAdvanced · 12 min 02-02Momentum conservationAdvanced · 14 min 02-03Bernoulli equationAdvanced · 11 min 02-04Euler equationAdvanced · 13 min 02-05Navier–Stokes equationApplied · 16 min

03

Classify the flow

Identify dominant effects and choose approximations

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03-01Reynolds numberAdvanced · 12 min 03-02Laminar & turbulent flowAdvanced · 15 min 03-03Boundary layersApplied · 15 min 03-04Compressibility & Mach numberApplied · 13 min

04

Apply in design

Measure, compute and make engineering decisions

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04-01Pipe-flow pressure lossApplied · 16 min 04-02Pumps & piping systemsApplied · 17 min

04-03Drag & liftComing soon

04-04Introduction to CFDComing soon

LEARNING PATH 01

Connect the three conservation laws.

Start with continuity

01Conservation of massContinuity equationPublished · 12 min

02Conservation of momentumMomentum equationComing soon · 14 min

03Conservation of energyBernoulli equationPublished · 11 min

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