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Lecture 8: Navier-Stokes and Control Volume Energy Equations
Lecture 8: Navier-Stokes and Control Volume Energy Equations
5.3.3 and 5.4 of Mechanics of Fluids, Merle C. Potter and David C. Wiggert,
Brooks/Cole, 2001.
Topics
1. Application of the Navier-Stokes equation: viscous flow between parallel plates
2. Derivation of the CV Energy Equation
1. Application of the Navier-Stokes equation: viscous flow between parallel plates
Taken from:
Currie, I. G., Fundamental Mechanics of Fluids, McGraw-Hill, NY, 1974.
p1
v
p
v
+ z1 + 1 = H s + 2 + z 2 + 2 + hL (1)
2g
2g
where we have used small v to distinguish between the point velocities (applicable to a
differential element) and the average velocities used in the CV analysis. hL accounts for
the losses between 1 and 2. Rearranging,
v 2 v 2
p2 p1
+ ( z 2 z1 ) + 2 1 = H s + hL (2)
2g 2g
since the CV is of a differential size, the differences can be replace by differentials
dp
+ dz +
vdv
= dH s + dhL (3)
g