The development of mechanics - The role of fluid mechanics
Abstract
The present investigation represents the fifth and last contribution to a history of mechanics The development of classical hydromechanics. is discussed, taking into account Archimedes, Hero, al-Gazari, Stevin, Torricelli, V. Guericke, Euler, Newton, Bernoulli, and d'Alembert. Fundamental relations concerning the hydromechanics of viscous liquids are examined. Couette flow is considered along with the concept of a Newtonian fluid, laminar flow, the Poiseuille law, experiments conducted by Hagen, the transition from laminar to turbulent flow studied by Reynolds, contributions made by Cauchy and Navier, and investigations performed by Saint-Venant, Poisson, Stokes, and Tresca. Developments concerning the solution of the Navier-Stokes equations for fluid motion are also explored, giving attention to the theory conceived by Prandtl, the theory of frictionless potential flow, and Prandtl's experiments.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report A
- Pub Date:
- October 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982STIA...8328125M
- Keywords:
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- Fluid Mechanics;
- Mechanics (Physics);
- Viscous Fluids;
- Computational Fluid Dynamics;
- Histories;
- Hydromechanics;
- Laminar Flow;
- Newtonian Fluids;
- Transition Flow;
- Turbulent Flow;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer