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MECHANICS OF FLUIDS
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FLUIDS
 
There are two aspects of fluid mechanics which make it different tosolid mechanics:
1. The nature of a fluid is much different to that of a solid2. In fluids we usually deal with
continuous streams of fluid without a beginning or end. In solids 
we only consider individual elements.
Fluids lack the ability to resist deformation.Because a fluid cannot resist the deformation force, it moves, it
flows under the action of the force. Its shape will change continuously as 
long as the force is applied.
A fluid deforms continuously, or flows, when subjected to shearing forces.If a fluid is at rest there are no shearing forces acting.All forces must be perpendicular to the planes which the are acting.
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NEWTON’S LAW OF VISCOSITY
 
The shearing force F acts onthe area on the top of theelement. This area is givenby
A
δ 
δ 
x .We can 
thus calculate the
shear stress which is equal to force per unit area i.e.
Τ 
= F/A
The deformation which thisshear stress causes ismeasured by the size ofthe angle f and is know as
shear strain.
 
Fluid element under a shearforce
In a solid shear strain, f, is constantfor a fixed shear stress t.In a fluid f increases for as long as tis applied - the fluid flows.
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