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Mechanics of Fluids

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Our aim now is to derive a relation by which force may be related to the<br />

fluid within a given space. We begin by applying Newton’s Second Law to a<br />

small element in a stream-tube (shown in Fig. 4.1) The flow is steady and so<br />

the stream-tube remains stationary with respect to the fixed coordinate axes.<br />

The cross-section <strong>of</strong> this stream-tube is sufficiently small for the velocity to be<br />

considered uniform over the plane AB and over the plane CD. After a short<br />

interval <strong>of</strong> time δt the fluid that formerly occupied the space ABCD will have<br />

moved forward to occupy the space A ′ B ′ C ′ D ′ . In general, its momentum<br />

changes during this short time interval.<br />

If ux represents the component <strong>of</strong> velocity in the x direction then the<br />

element (<strong>of</strong> mass δm) has a component <strong>of</strong> momentum in the x direction<br />

equal to uxδm. The total x-momentum <strong>of</strong> the fluid in the space ABCD at the<br />

beginning <strong>of</strong> the time interval δt is therefore<br />

�<br />

ABCD<br />

uxδm<br />

The same fluid at a time δt later will have a total x-momentum<br />

�<br />

A ′ B ′ C ′ D ′<br />

The last expression may be expanded as<br />

�<br />

ABCD<br />

uxδm − �<br />

ABB ′ A ′<br />

uxδm<br />

uxδm + �<br />

DCC ′ D ′<br />

The momentum equation for steady flow 135<br />

uxδm<br />

The net increase <strong>of</strong> x-momentum during the time interval δt is therefore<br />

� �<br />

A ′ B ′ C ′ D ′<br />

�<br />

uxδm<br />

after δt<br />

� �<br />

�<br />

− uxδm<br />

ABCD<br />

before δt<br />

Fig. 4.1

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