Fluid Mechanics Unit 1 Lessons

Follow the 13 lessons in order. Each one has a live interactive, a worked calculation and a short quiz.

  1. What Exactly Is A Fluid?Definition of fluid9 min
  2. What Does Fluid Mechanics Study?Introduction to fluid mechanics7 min
  3. Who Figured Out How Fluids Behave?Historical development8 min
  4. Why Does Water Take The Shape Of Its Glass?Difference between solids and fluids9 min
  5. Why Do Engineers Study Fluids Separately From Solids?Fluid mechanics vs solid mechanics8 min
  6. Still, Moving Or Pushed: Three Ways To Look At A FluidFluid statics, kinematics and dynamics10 min
  7. Hydraulics Or Hydrodynamics: Practice Or Theory?Hydraulics and hydrodynamics8 min
  8. If Water Is Made Of Molecules, Why Treat It As Smooth?Continuum hypothesis10 min
  9. How Do We Follow A Tiny Piece Of Fluid?Fluid particles and fluid elements9 min
  10. Where Does Your System End?Systems, boundaries and surroundings7 min
  11. Follow The Fluid Or Watch A Fixed Box?Control mass and control volume10 min
  12. How Do Engineers Measure Everything In Fluids?Fundamental dimensions and SI units9 min
  13. Where Do Mechanical Engineers Use Fluid Mechanics?Applications in mechanical engineering8 min