fluid dynamics
Noun
Meaning
fluid dynamics (usually uncountable, plural fluid dynamics)
(physics) The scientific study of the properties and behavior of moving fluids.
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Computational fluid dynamics dispenses with many of the simplifying assumptions used to derive classical formulas and computer software facilitates optimization.
A lot of them are highly specialized, such as its computational fluid dynamics software, which measures airflow over the cars.
Dynamic meteorology Dynamic meteorology generally focuses on the fluid dynamics of the atmosphere.
Relationship with the Reynolds number The type of flow occurring in a fluid in a channel is important in fluid dynamics problems and subsequently affects heat and mass transfer in fluid systems.
Terminology in incompressible fluid dynamics The concepts of total pressure and dynamic pressure arise from Bernoulli's equation and are significant in the study of all fluid flows.
Before the twentieth century, hydrodynamics was synonymous with fluid dynamics.