{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "4cd5321d", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\n", "\n", "# Fluid Properties\n", "\n", "%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\n", "\n", "## Density\n", "\n", "\n", "\n", "--------------------\n", "\n", "The density $\\rho$ of a fluid is the mass of the fluid per unit volume:\n", "\n", "$$\\rho = \\frac{m}{V}.$$\n", "\n", "Density is a point property in the sense that to get mass we have to multiply $\\rho$ by some volume. If the density is spatially uniform, we have $m=\\rho V$. For a differential volume element $dV$, we have $dm = \\rho dV$, and the mass over some finite volume can be evaluated by integration:\n", "\n", "```{math}\n", ":label: eq:m_rho\n", "m = \\int_V \\rho(\\mathbf{x})dV.\n", "```\n", "\n", "%---- todo: add pictures for variable rho, and pointwise >> molecular spacing -->\n", "\n", "In using the density this way in Eq. {eq}`eq:m_rho`, we are implicitly assuming the **contiuum assumption** holds. That is, all spatial variations in the density are at scales much larger that molecular sizes and spacings. For example, air is mostly nitrogen $\\ce{N2}$ which has a kinetic diameter of 3.64E-10 m. In nitrogen gas at 298 K and 1 atm, there are 2.46E25 molecules per m$^3$. This gives a distance between molecules of approximately 34E-10 m. The distance between molecules is about ten times the size of the molecules. These distances are usually much smaller than flow scales in a fluid, so we assume the fluid is a continuum, without explicitly considering its molecular structure. In liquids, the intermolecular spacing is even smaller, and is similar to the molecular size.\n", "\n", "%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\n", "\n", "### Units\n", "Common units of $\\rho$ are \n", "* kg/m$^3$\n", "* lbm/ft$^3$\n", "\n", "%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\n", "\n", "#### Example: water density\n", "Think about an experiment you could perform to measure the density of water. \n", "What equipment would you need? How would you do it? What calculations would you do?\n", "What equation would be used? How would you know if you are right?\n", "\n", "
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\n", "\n", "```{image} fig_water_density.png\n", ":width: 600px\n", ":align: center\n", "```\n", "\n", "
\n", "\n", "Measure the mass and volume of water. Then the density is $\\rho = m/V$.\n", "\n", "In the image, the beaker is placed on the scale. Then we press the *tare* button to reset the scale to zero. A graduated cylinder is used to measure **V=60 ml** of water. This is added to the beaker and we measure the mass to be **m=59.34 g**. The density is then\n", "\n", "$$\\rho = \\frac{59.34\\, \\mathrm{g}}{60\\, \\mathrm{ml}} = 0.989\\,\\mathrm{g/ml} = 989\\,\\mathrm{kg/m}^3=61.7\\,\\mathrm{lbm/ft}^3$$\n", "\n", "This is compared to the literature value of 998 kg/m$^3$ at 70 $^o$F. The difference is due to experimental error: error in the scale and visual error in computing the volume. The relative error is (989-998)/998 * 100\\% = -0.9\\%. \n", "\n", "
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\n", "\n", "%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\n", "\n", "#### Example: particle density and bulk density of sand\n", "Think about an experiment to measure the density of sand.\n", "How is this different than measuring the density of water?\n", "What can you do to account for these differences?\n", "\n", "
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\n", "\n", "Sand particles form a collection that is porous with many air spaces between the sand particles.\n", "We can define two densities: \n", "1. the **particle or material density** is the density of a single particle.\n", "2. the **bulk density** is the density of the combined sand/air mixture.\n", "\n", "Consider the particle density. It would be very hard to accurately measure the density of a single particle because it is so small. The average particle density could be measured as $\\rho=m_s/V_s$, where $m_s$ is the mass of just the sand and $V_s$ is the volume of just the sand in a sand/air mixture. \n", "- The mass of just the sand is probably very close to the mass of the sand/air mixture because we expect the air to weigh much less than the sand, probably within our measurement error.\n", "- For the volume, we have $V_\\mathrm{total}=V_\\mathrm{s}+V_\\mathrm{a}$. We can measure the total volume, then add a known volume of water to displace the air---until the water *just* covers the sand after mixing it up and letting it settle.\n", "\n", "```{image} fig_sand_density.png\n", ":width: 600px\n", ":align: center\n", "```\n", "
\n", "\n", "In the image, we place the beaker on the scale, then tare to 0.0, then add 30 ml of sand which shows a mass of 46.4 g, then add water to *just* cover the sand. The volume of water added is the mass of water added (computed by difference) divided by the density of water, as computed in the previous example. \n", "\n", "$$m_s = 46.40 \\,\\mathrm{g}.$$\n", "\n", "$$V_a = V_w = \\frac{m_w}{\\rho_w} = \\frac{55.87-46.40\\,\\mathrm{g}}{0.989\\,\\mathrm{g/ml}} = 9.575\\,\\mathrm{ml}.$$\n", "\n", "$$V_s = 30 - 9.575\\,\\mathrm{ml} = 20.425\\,\\mathrm{ml}.$$\n", "\n", "$$\\rho_s = \\frac{m_s}{V_s} = \\frac{46.40\\,\\mathrm{g}}{20.425\\,\\mathrm{ml}} = 2.3\\,\\mathrm{g/ml}=2300\\,\\mathrm{kg/m}^3.$$\n", "\n", "This is the particle density. The bulk density $\\rho_b$ is \n", "\n", "$$\\rho_b = \\frac{m_s}{V_\\mathrm{total}} = \\frac{46.40\\,\\mathrm{g}}{30\\,\\mathrm{ml}} = 1.5\\,\\mathrm{g/ml}=1500\\,\\mathrm{kg/m}^3.$$\n", "\n", "
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\n", "\n", "%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\n", "\n", "### Ideal gases\n", "The ideal gas law is commonly written as $PV = nR_gT$. We rearrange this to $n/V = P/R_gT$, which is moles per volume. Multiplying both sides by the mean molecular weight M of the gas gives\n", "\n", "$$\\rho = \\frac{MP}{R_gT}.$$\n", "\n", "Here, $M$ is the mean molecular weight of the gas, $P$ is the absolute pressure, $R_g$ is the gas constant, and $T$ is the absolute temperature (kelvin or Rankine). \n", "\n", "%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\n", "\n", "#### Example: air density\n", "\n", "Compute the density of air at P=1 atm and 20 $^o$C=68 $^oF$. \n", "
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\n", "\n", "Use the given formula for the density of an ideal gas. We need to use consistent units. P=1 atm = 101325 Pa = $\\mathrm{kg/m}\\,\\mathrm{s}^2$. The temperature is 20 $^oC$ = 20+273.15 K = 298.15 K, and R$_g$=8314.46 J/(kmol K) = (kg m$^2$/s$^2$)/(kmol K). $M$ is computed from its components as\n", "\n", "$$M = \\sum_ix_iM_i,$$\n", "\n", "where $x_i$ is the mole fraction of component $i$ and $M_i$ is the molecular weight of component $i$. Dry air contains approximatly 78\\% $\\ce{N2}$, 21\\% $\\ce{O2}$, and 1\\% $\\ce{Ar}$ by mole, and these components have molecular weights of 28.0, 32.0, and 39.9, respectively. This gives M=29.0 kg/kmol. The density is then \n", "\n", "$$\\rho_a = \\frac{(29.0\\,\\mathrm{kg/kmol})(101325\\,\\mathrm{kg/m}\\,\\mathrm{s}^2)}{(8314.46\\, \\mathrm{kg}\\,\\mathrm{m}^2/\\mathrm{s}^2\\,\\mathrm{kmol}\\,\\mathrm{K})(298.15\\,\\mathrm{K})} \\\\\n", "=1.18\\,\\mathrm{kg}/\\mathrm{m}^3.$$\n", "\n", "
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\n", "\n", "%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\n", "\n", "Table {numref}`t:fluid_densities` gives densities for several fluids. Note that the difference in density between air and water is nearly a factor of one thousand. This allows important assumptions and simplifications in some calculations. This is illustrated in {numref}`fig:air_water_vol_comparison`\n", "\n", "```{table} Densities and specific gravities of several fluids.\n", ":name: t:fluid_densities\n", "\n", "| Fluid | $\\rho$ (kg/m$^3$) | $\\rho$ (lbm/ft$^3$) | SG |\n", "|:--------------------------|:-----------------:|:-------------------:|:-----------:|\n", "| water (20 $^o$C, 1 atm) | 998.19 | 63.3 | 0.998 |\n", "| ethanol (20 $^o$C, 1 atm) | 789.4 | 49.28 | 0.7894 |\n", "| mercury (20 $^o$C, 1 atm) | 13600 | 849 | 13.6 |\n", "| air (20 $^o$C, 1 atm) | 1.204 | 0.07516 | 0.001204 |\n", "| CO$_2$ (20 $^o$C, 1 atm) | 1.830 | 0.1142 | 0.001830 |\n", "\n", "```\n", "\n", "```{figure} fig_air_water_vol_comparison.svg\n", "---\n", "width: 40%\n", "name: fig:air_water_vol_comparison\n", "---\n", "Relative volumes of air and water for equal masses.\n", "```\n", "\n", "%---- todo: show how density of water and air change with temperature and pressure\n", "\n", "### Specific gravity\n", "Specific gravity is density divided by a reference density, usually water at 4 $^o$C which has a density of 1000 kg/m$^3$. That is\n", "```{math}\n", ":name: eq:sg\n", "SG = \\frac{\\rho}{\\rho_\\text{H2O}}\n", "```\n", "So, a material with a specific gravity of 1 has the same density as water. A material with a specific gravity of 5 has a density five times that of water.\n", "Table {numref}`t:fluid_densities` shows SG values for several common fluids.\n", "\n", "
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Attribution: [Synapticrelay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Viscosities.gif), [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en), no changes. \n", "```\n", "\n", "Viscosity is precisely defined for a *Newtonian fluid* which obeys the relation\n", "\n", "```{math}\n", ":label: eq:newtons_law_of_viscosity\n", "\\tau = -\\mu\\frac{du}{dy}.\n", "```\n", "\n", "Here, $\\tau$ is the shear stress, $u$ is a velocity, and $y$ is a directional coordinate. Viscosity is a property of the fluid and depends on the fluid temperature, pressure, and composition. For Newtonian fluids, the visocity does not depend on the shear rate $du/dy$. These quantities are illustrated in {numref}`fig:couette_plates`. The figure illustrates the flow between infinite parallel plates where the lower plate is fixed and the upper plate moves at some velocity $u$. This is a so-called \n", "*Couette flow*.\n", "\n", "```{figure} fig_couette_plates.svg\n", "---\n", "width: 50%\n", "name: fig:couette_plates\n", "---\n", "Illustration of steady flow between infinite parallel plates for a Newtonian fluid.\n", "```\n", "\n", "A linear $u(y)$ profile is established between the plates. The shear stress $\\tau$ is the force per unit plate area required to maintain the flow, and Eq. {eq}`eq:newtons_law_of_viscosity` shows that $\\mu$ is a proportionality constant between $\\tau$ and the so-called *strain rate* $du/dy$. Eq. {eq}`eq:newtons_law_of_viscosity` can be rewritten in terms of the force on the plates as\n", "\n", "$$\n", "F = \\tau A = -\\mu A\\frac{du}{dy}.\n", "$$\n", "\n", "Questions:\n", "* For a given plate area and a given $\\mu$, if we double the velocity, what happens to $du/dy$ and the resultant force $F$?\n", "* If we double $A$, what happens to $F$, all else being equal?\n", "* If we double $\\mu$, what happens to $F$, all else being equal?\n", "\n", "Note, the forces involved here are frictional, that is, the force of friction due to the moving fluid. This can be described in terms of molecular collisions between faster moving fluid molecules at higher $y$ being slowed by interactions with slower moving molecules at lower $y$.\n", "\n", "%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\n", "\n", "### $\\tau$ is a momentum flux\n", "\n", "From Newton's second law, we have $F=ma$, or, for constant $m$ and $a=dv/dt$, $F=d(mv)/dt$. Since $mv$ is momentum, the force is a rate of change of momentum. Then $F/A = \\tau$ is a rate of change of momentum per unit area. That is, $\\tau$ is a momentum flux. We can write\n", "\n", "$$\\tau = -\\mu\\frac{du}{dy},$$\n", "\n", "as an equation for momentum flux. This can be compared to conductive heat flux and diffusive mass flux, which have similar equations. In the Couette flow above, if we take $u$ to be in the positve direction as shown, then $du/dy$ is positive and $F$ will be negative. The *fluid* exerts a negative force to the lefft on the plate, which is balanced by the *external* force pulling the plate to the right.\n", "\n", "%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\n", "\n", "### Units\n", "The units of $\\mu$ are \n", "* kg/(m$\\cdot$s) = Pa$\\cdot$s (SI units).\n", "* lbm/(ft$\\cdot$s) (US units).\n", "* poise (P) or centipoise (cP), with 1 P = 0.1 Pa$\\cdot$s, and 1 cP = 0.001 Pa$\\cdot$s\n", "\n", "%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\n", "\n", "### Kinematic viscosity\n", "\n", "The viscosity $\\mu$ discussed above is called the *dynamic* viscosity. The kinematic viscosity $\\nu$ is frequently used, and this is simply the dynamic viscosity divided by the density:\n", "\n", "$$\\nu = \\frac{\\mu}{\\rho}.$$\n", "\n", "$\\nu$ has units of m$^2$/s, or ft$^2$/s.\n", "\n", "Table {numref}`t:fluid_viscosities` shows a list of dynamic and kinematic viscosities for several fluids. Note the large difference between the gases (air and CO$_2$) and the liquids, with the liquids having much higher dynamic viscosities, but smaller kinematic viscosities.\n", "\n", "```{table} Viscosities of several fluids.\n", ":name: t:fluid_viscosities\n", "\n", "| fluid | $\\mu$ (Pa$\\cdot$s)| $\\mu$ (lbm/ft$\\cdot$s) | $\\nu$ (m$^2$/s) | $\\nu$ (ft$^2$/s) |\n", "|:--------------------------|:-----------------:|:----------------------:|:---------------:| :---------------:|\n", "| water (20 $^o$C, 1 atm) | 1.0016E-3 | 6.7304E-4 | 1.0034E-6 | 1.0800E-5 |\n", "| ethanol (20 $^o$C, 1 atm) | 1.1841E-3 | 7.9568E-4 | 1.5000E-6 | 1.6146E-5 |\n", "| mercury (20 $^o$C, 1 atm) | 1.552E-3 | 10.43E-4 | 0.11412E-6 | 0.12284E-5 |\n", "| air (20 $^o$C, 1 atm) | 1.83E-5 | 1.23E-5 | 1.52E-5 | 1.64E-4 |\n", "| CO$_2$ (20 $^o$C, 1 atm) | 1.47E-5 | 0.988E-5 | 0.803E-5 | 0.865E-4 |\n", "\n", "```\n", "\n", "
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\n", "\n", "The weight is given by \n", "\n", "$$W = mg = \\rho_wVg = \\rho_w\\frac{\\pi}{6}D^3g.$$\n", "\n", "The surface forces are\n", "\n", "$$F_s = \\sigma L = \\sigma\\pi D.$$\n", "\n", "Equating these forces and solving for $D$ gives\n", "\n", "$$D = \\sqrt{\\frac{6\\sigma}{\\rho_w g}} = \\sqrt{\\frac{(6)(0.07275\\;\\mathrm{N/m})}{(998\\;\\mathrm{kg/m}^3) (9.81\\; \\mathrm{m/s}^2)}} = 0.00668\\;\\mathrm{m}=6.68\\;\\mathrm{mm}.$$\n", "\n", "A sphere of water the size of a golf ball would have a weight 41 times higher than the surface tension multiplied by the circumference.\n", "\n", "
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\n", "\n", "%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\n", "\n", "## Pressure\n", "\n", "Pressure is an important property in fluid mechanics. Pressure is a force per unit area normal to a surface\n", "\n", "$$P = \\frac{F}{A}.$$\n", "\n", "The SI unit of pressure is Pascal (Pa), with Pa $\\equiv$ N/m$^2$. In U.S. Customary Units (USCU), pressure is given by pounds-force per square inch (psi). Note that pressure is a scalar quantity, not a vector, so the force $F$ in the above equation represents the magnitude of the force normal to the surface. \n", "\n", "Pressure is easier to define and visualize in terms of the force on a surface, but pressure exists throughout a fluid without a physical surface present. We can consider two adjacent fluids with an imaginary plane between them. The fluid on one side exerts a force on the adjacent fluid in the same way that the fluid exerts a force on a solid surface. This arises from molecular collisions in the fluid. The fluid-fluid interactions are the same regardless of how the plane is oriented because the molecular motions at a point don't have any preferred direction. We say, then, that the pressure is **isotropic**, that is, independent of direction. This is consistent with the pressure being a scalar instead of a vector.\n", "\n", "```{figure} pressure_collisions.svg\n", "---\n", "width: 40%\n", "name: fig:pressure_collisions\n", "---\n", "Pressure on surfaces arising from molecular collisions. \n", "Attribution: [Becarlson](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pressure_exerted_by_collisions.svg), [CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0), no changes.\n", "```\n", "\n", "Pressure, arising from molecular motions, depends on the speed of individual molecules and the rate of collisions. For ideal gases, the pressure is given by\n", "\n", "$$P = \\frac{nRT}{V},$$\n", "\n", "where $n$ is moles, $R$ is the universal [gas constant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_constant), $T$ is absolute temperature, and $V$ is volume. $n/V$ is a molar density or *concentration*, which is proportional to the number of molecules per unit volume. The molecular speed is proportional to temperature. Hence, the pressure increases as both the molecular speed increases, and as the concentration of molecules increases. That is, pressure is higher when the molecules strike \"harder\" and strike more often.\n", "\n", "In general, the pressure in a fluid changes from one location to another, and depends on fluid velocity and the depth of the fluid. The effect of fluid depth is discussed in {ref}`chap:fluid_statics`.\n", "\n", "%todo: update jupyterbooks, looks like referencing a chapter got fixed yesterday!\n", "%https://github.com/executablebooks/jupyter-book/issues/1119\n", "\n", "% todo: move this to the fluid statics chapter\n", "%### Atmospheric pressure\n", "%\n", "%The atmosphere exerts a pressure that varies with elevation due to the weight of the air above. At sea level, the atmospheric pressure is given the convenient unit of 1 atm (or one *atmosphere*). The following are all equivalent and can be used for conveting pressure units:\n", "%* 1 atm\n", "%* 101325 Pa\n", "%* 14.6960 psi\n", "%\n", "%Note how much smaller a Pascal is than a psi or an atm: it takes 101325 Pa to make 1 atm and it takes 6895 Pa to make 1 psi. \n", "%* For practical calculations, atmospheric pressure is 14.7 psi.\n", "%\n", "%### Absolute and gauge pressure\n", "\n", "\n", "%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\n", "\n", "## Velocity\n", "\n", "\n", "%---- todo: plots versus temperature\n", "%---- todo: heat and mass transfer analogies" ] } ], "metadata": { "jupytext": { "cell_metadata_filter": "-all", "formats": "md:myst", "text_representation": { "extension": ".md", "format_name": "myst", "format_version": 0.12, "jupytext_version": "1.9.1" } }, "kernelspec": { "display_name": "Python 3", "language": "python", "name": "python3" }, "language_info": { "codemirror_mode": { "name": "ipython", "version": 3 }, "file_extension": ".py", "mimetype": "text/x-python", "name": "python", "nbconvert_exporter": "python", "pygments_lexer": "ipython3", "version": "3.9.7" }, "source_map": [ 14 ] }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 5 }