FLUID PROPERTIES

FLUID PROPERTIES
• Any characteristic of a system is called a property
• Some familiar properties are pressure P, temperature T, volume V, and mass m.

• The list can be extended to include less familiar ones such as:
viscosity, thermal conductivity, modulus of elasticity, thermal expansion
coefficient, electric resistivity, and even velocity and elevation.
Intensive and Extensive Properties
• Intensive properties are those that are independent of the mass of
the system.
• Extensive properties are those whose values depend on the size or
extent of the system.
Density And Specific Gravity
• Density is defined as mass per unit volume

• The reciprocal of density is the specific volume v, which is defined as volume per
unit mass.

• The density of a substance, in general, depends on temperature and pressure.

Density And Specific Gravity
• Specific gravity, or relative density, and is defined as the ratio of the density of a
substance to the density of some standard substance at a specified temperature
(usually water at 4°C, for which = 1000 kg/m3).
Density of Ideal Gases

Example:
Determine the density, specific gravity, and mass of the air in a room
whose dimensions are 4 m x 5 m x 6 m at 100 kPa and 25°C.
Examples
1. The air in an automobile tire with a volume of 2.60 ft3 is at 90°F and 20
psig. Determine the amount of air that must be added to raise the
pressure to the recommended value of 30 psig. Assume the atmospheric
pressure to be 14.6 psia and the temperature and the volume to remain
constant.

2. A fluid that occupies a volume of 24 L weighs 225 N at a location where

the gravitational acceleration is 9.80 m/s2. Determine the mass of this
fluid and its density.
22.9292 kg, p=956.6333kg/m3