CHAPTER 1 | STORAGE AND FLOW OF FLUIDS |
What it's all about |
Fluid storage and fluid flow provide the perfect material for a discussion of physical processes from a systems perspective. Quantities of fluid, pressure, fluid flows, capacitance, and driving forces and resistances are the actors in this story.Learn about fluid systems in simple settings, and apply your practical skills to fascinating cases such as the flow of blood in mammals, or the transport of water in soil. |
Applications |
Equilibration in communicating tanks and balloons. Accounting for liquids (law of balance). Fluid pressure, pressure differences, and circuits . Storing fluids in tanks. Laminar and turbulent flow. Filling tanks with pumps. Investigating a windkessel. A chain of tanks (a model of diffusion). Starting current. Fluid oscillations and waves. The blood circulation system of mammals. And more… |