MOTION OF FLUID ELEMENT (KINEMATICS)
Before formulating the effects of forces on fluid motion (dynamics), first we consider the motion (kinematics) of a fluid in a flow field. When a fluid element moves in a flow field, it may under go translation, linear deformation, rotation, and angular deformation as a consequence of spatial variations in the velocity.
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Figure. Pictorial representation of the components of fluid motion in a flow field.
Rate of Translation
Tranlation in unit time is equal to velocity,
Acceleration of a Fluid Particle in a Velocity Field
Figure. Motion of a particle in a flow field.
Consider a particle moving in a velocity field. At time t, the particle is at a position x,
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At time t+dt, the particle has moved to a new position, with coordinates x+dx, y+dy, z+dz, and has a velocity given by
The change in the velocity of the particle moving from location to
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Dividing both sides by dt, the total acceleration of the particle is obtained as
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Acceleration of a fluid particle in a velocity field requires a special derivative, it is
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This derivation is called the substantial, the material or particle derivative.
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The components of acceleration in cylindrical coordinates may be obtained by utilizing the appropriate expression for the vector operator . Thus
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Example: The velocity field for a fluid flow is given by
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b) the acceleration of the fluid particle at point P(1,2,3) and at time t = 1 sec.
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FLUID ROTATION Definition: The rotation of a fluid particle is defined as the average angular velocity of any two mutually perpendicular line elements of particle in each corrdinate plane. Hence a particle may rotate about three coordinate axes. Thus, in general, rotation of a fluid element can be expressed as: kjı zyx
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The factor of ½ can be eliminated in above equation by defining a quantity called the vorticity, , to be twice the rotation,
The vorticity is the measure of the rotation of a fluid element as it moves in the flow field.
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Circulation
The circulation, , is defined as the line integral of the tangential velocity component about a closed curve fixed in the flow,
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Example: Consider flow fields with purely tangential motion (circular streamlines): Vr = 0 and V = f(r). Evaluate the rotation, vorticity, and circulation for rigid-body rotation, and “a forced vortex”. Show that it is possible to choose f(r) so that the flow is irrotational; to produce “a free vortex”.
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Angular Deformation of a Fluid Element
Definition: Angular deformation of a fluid element involves changes in the angle between two mutually perpendicular lines in the fluid.
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From the definition, the rate of angular deformation of fluid element can be expressed as
The shear stress is related to the rate of angular deformation through the fluid viscosity. For one-dimensional Newtonian laminar flow the shear stress is given by
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Linear Deformation
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Change in the length of the sides of the fluid element may produce change in volume of the element. The rate of local instantaneous volume dilatation is given by
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MOMENTUM EQUATION
To derive the differential form of momentum equation, we shall apply Newton’s second law to an infinitesimal fluid particle of mass dm.
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Forces Acting on a Fluid Particle
The forces acting on a fluid element may be classified as body forces and surface forces. Surface forces include both normal forces and tangential (shear) forces. Surface force acting on a fluid element can be expressed in terms of stresses.
Stresses acting on a differential fluid element in the x-direction are shown in the figure.
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To obtain the net surface force in the x-direction, , we must sum the forces in the x direction.
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Newtonian Fluid: Navier-Stokes Equations
For a Newtonian fluid the viscous stress is proportional to the rate of shearing strain (angular deformation rate). The stresses may be expressed in terms of velocity gradients and fluid properties in rectangular coordinates as follows:
where p is the local thermodynamic pressure.
If these expressions are introduced into the differential equations of motion, we obtain
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These equations of motion are called the Navier-Stokes equations. The equations are greatly simplified when applied to incompressible flow with constant viscosity. Under these conditions the equations reduce to
The Navier-Stokes equations in cylindrical coordinates, for constant density and viscosity, are given in the textbook.
For the case of frictionless flow ( = 0) the equations of motion reduce to Euler’s equation,
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