Physic Definitions

Fluid: A fluid is defined as any substance that can flow. This normally means any gas or liquid, but solids made up of tiny particles can sometimes behave as fluids. An example is the flow of sand through an hourglass.

Laminar Flow (also known as streamline flow) & Turbulent Flow: Laminar flows occur at lower speeds, and will change to turbulent flow as the fluid velocity increases past a certain value. The velocity at which this changeover occurs will vary depending upon the fluid in question and the shape of the area through which it is flowing.

Eddy: is the swirling of a fluid and the reverse current created when the fluid flows past an obstacle. The moving fluid creates a space devoid of downstream-flowing fluid on the downstream side of the object.

Newtonian Liquid: If a fluid or liquid follows Isaac Newtons formulae, as most common liquids do, it is known as a Newtonian Liquid. With scientific investigations, Newton created equations based on his results to describe the frictional force between the layers in streamline flow.

Chaos: Chaos theory studies the behaviour of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions, an effect which is popularly referred to as the butterfly effect. Small differences in initial conditions (such as those due to rounding errors in numerical computation) yield widely diverging outcomes for chaotic systems, rendering long-term prediction impossible in general

Velocity: The speed of something in a given direction. It is a vector physical quantity; both magnitude and direction are required to define it

Vector: A quantity having direction as well as magnitude, esp. as determining the position of one point in space relative to another.

Speed: Distance travelled per unit time. Speed is the scalar quantity that is the magnitude of the velocity vector.

Drag: Drag is the aerodynamic force that opposes an object's motion through the air. Drag is generated by every part of the object and acts in the opposite direction to the thrust.

Energy: Energy is the capacity of a physical system to perform work. Energy exists in several forms such as heat, kinetic or mechanical energy, light, potential energy, electrical, or other forms.