ME 3340 Fluid Mechanics Formula Sheet 2

Basic Formulas
dp
g
dz

Pressure in a static fluid:

Shear stress in a Newtonian fluid:

du
dy

Control Volume Balance Equations

Mass:

d
dV v n dS 0
Sc
dt Vc

Linear
Momentum:

Moment of
momentum:

M dt

Total energy:

d
p
(u 12 V 2 gz ) dV (u 12 V 2 gz ) (v n) dS Q W

V
S
c
dt c

Mechanical
energy with
constant density:

d
p
( 12 V 2 gz ) dV ( 12 V 2 gz ) (v n) dS W H l

Sc
dt Vc

Fs

Vc

Sc

Vc

d
v dV v (v n) dS
Sc
dt Vc

r v dV r v (v n) dS
Sc

ghl or using
The mechanical energy loss can be written using the head loss hl, as H l m
2
K 1 V , where V is the average velocity through the
a loss coefficient K, as H m
l

device. The pump head hp is defined as W p m gh p .

Material derivative:
rectangular coordinates:
polar coordinates:

Bernoullis equation:

Streamline equations:

dp

v u v w
Dt t
t
x
y
z
D

v u
w
Dt t
t
r r
z
12 V 2 gz constant

dx dy dz

u
v
w

Streamfunction: u

Basic Constants
Standard atmospheric pressure: p0 = 101.33 kPa
Acceleration of gravity: g = 9.807 m/s2
Material Properties
Standard properties of water:
density:
dynamic viscosity:
kinematic viscosity:
surface tension (with air):

= 999 kg/m3
= 1.12 x 10-3 Pa.s
= 1.12 x 10-6 m2/s
= 7.34 x 10-2 N/m

Standard properties of air:

density:
dynamic viscosity:
kinematic viscosity:

= 1.23 kg/m3
= 1.79 x 10-5 Pa.s
= 1.46 x 10-5 m2/s