Fluid Mechanics
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Author: Frank M. White
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.23P
During World War II, Sir Geoffrey Taylor, a British fluid dynamicist, used dimensional analysis to estimate the energy released by an atomic bomb explosion. He assumed that the energy released E, was a function of blast wave radius R, air density
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During World War II, Sir Geoffrey Taylor, a British fluid dynamicist, used dimensional analysis to estimate theenergy released by an atomic bomb explosion. He assumed that the energy released E, was a function of blastwave radius R, air density ρ, and time t. Arrange these variables into single dimensionless group, which we mayterm the blast wave number.
Evaluate the use of dimensionless analysis using the Buckingham Pi Theorem for a given fluid flow system (D4) , where resistance tomotion ‘R’ for a sphere of diameter ‘D’ moving at constant velocity on the surface of a liquid is due to the density ‘ρ’ and the surfacewaves produced by the acceleration of gravity ‘g’. The dimensionless quantity linking these quantities is Ne= Function (Fr). To do thisyou must apply dimensional analysis to fluid flow system given in Figure 1 (P11).
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velocity V, the rotation rate 0, and the number of blades n.
(a) Write this relationship in dimensionless form. A model
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when V= 40 m/s and when rotating at 4800 r/min. (b)
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