ME-106, Spring 2015

2/25/2015 - R. W. Yeung

Reynolds Transport Theorem & Summary of its several applications

The extensive property of a bulk of fluid within a control volume (C.V.) is defined by:

Bsys = B = bm, m =
(1)

C .V .

C .V .

where b is an intensive property of the fluid, defined on a per unit mass basis.

One is often interested in how Bsys associated with this entire C.V. would change when one
physical laws. The change of the extensive quantity of this bulk depends on
applies basic
whether the control surface (CS), that defines C.V., moves or not. It is established that:

DBsys
=
b d + b (V Vs ) n dA .

Dt
t C .V .
C .S.

The

(2)

t term (as used in the textbook:) means freezing the shape of the CV when a change
in time is observed, and the efflux or influx of B through CS is represented
by the second

term, since a relative velocity between the fluid velocity V and Vs can exist, the latter being

the surface velocity of CS, which may not be the same as the fluid velocity V . It is useful to

understand:

(V Vs ) n dA = m

(3)

represents the mass flow rate through (out of) a differential area on C.S. Thus, the second
integral represents the total (net) amount of extensive property B coming out of the CS.
of (3) is in fact M/T.
Check that the dimension

Physical Laws: The physical laws typically states that the change of Bsys in time is given by
an expression on RHS, depending on what b is chosen to represent:

DBsys
= RHS
Dt

(4)

Choice of b and relevant physical laws.

Intensive property
b

Conservation of

RHS

Mass

0.

Linear Momentum

Fext on C.V.

( r Fext ) on C.V.

r V

Angular Momentum
about point O

Energy

1 2

V + gz , u is internal energy
2

where e u +

(Q net in + W net in )C .V .