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fluid mechanics

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fluid mechanics
n. (used with a sing. verb)
The branch of mechanics that is concerned with the properties of gases and liquids.

fluid mechanics
n
(Physics / General Physics) (functioning as singular) the study of the mechanical and flow properties of fluids, esp as they apply to practical engineering Also called hydraulics See also hydrodynamics, hydrostatics, hydrokinetics

fluid mechanics
The scientific study of the mechanical properties of fluids, especially their behavior when subject to internal and external forces. Compare aerodynamicshydrodynamics
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Noun1.fluid mechanicsfluid mechanics - study of the mechanics of fluids    
mechanics - the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference
hydrostatics - study of the mechanical properties of fluids that are not in motion
hydrodynamics, hydrokinetics - study of fluids in motion


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A TAPPI member since 1973, he was very active with the Fluid Mechanics Committee for many years and served as Committee Chairman from 1977-1979.
Starting in Chapter 1 with a thorough overview of Plate Tectonics, and some discussion on Comparative Planetology, the book discusses nine major topics in succession: Stress and Strain in Solids, Elasticity and Flexure, Heat Transfer, Gravity, Fluid Mechanics, Rock Rheology, Faulting, How in Porous Media, and Chemical Geodynamics.
Downie also explores the chemistry of solar cells and the fluid mechanics of a coffee-cup revolution counter.
 
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