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m3
Dimension Variable Units Volume flow rate 𝑉𝑉̇
s
m
Acceleration, a
s2
Area A m2
kg
Density ρ
m3
E, Q, W, U,
Energy J
H
Force F N
W
Heat flux 𝑞𝑞̇
m2
W
Heat transfer coefficient h
m2 ∙K
Length L, x, y, z, t m
Mass m kg
kg
Mass flow rate 𝑚𝑚̇
s
Mach number:
𝑉𝑉
𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀 =
𝑐𝑐
𝐹𝐹 = 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚
Mass:
𝑚𝑚 = 𝜌𝜌𝜌𝜌
Weight:
𝑊𝑊 = 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚
Unit conversions:
𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 ∙ 𝑚𝑚
1 𝑁𝑁 = 1
𝑠𝑠 2
1 𝐽𝐽 = 1 𝑁𝑁 ∙ 𝑚𝑚
𝐽𝐽
1 𝑊𝑊 = 1
𝑠𝑠
𝑁𝑁
1 𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 = 1
𝑚𝑚2
𝑉𝑉 𝑚𝑚̇
𝑉𝑉̇ = =
𝑡𝑡 𝜌𝜌
Energy:
𝐸𝐸 = 𝐸𝐸̇ ∆𝑡𝑡
Work:
𝑊𝑊 = 𝐹𝐹∆𝑧𝑧
Isothermal compressibility:
1 1 𝜕𝜕𝜕𝜕 1 𝜕𝜕𝜕𝜕
𝛼𝛼 = =− � � =− � �
𝜅𝜅 𝜐𝜐 𝜕𝜕𝜕𝜕 𝑇𝑇 𝜌𝜌 𝜕𝜕𝜕𝜕 𝑇𝑇
Gage pressure:
Vacuum pressure:
𝑃𝑃𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔 = 𝜌𝜌𝜌𝜌ℎ
𝑏𝑏
𝑃𝑃𝐶𝐶 = �𝜌𝜌𝜌𝜌 �𝑠𝑠 + � 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠� for a tilted rectangular plate
2
𝑏𝑏
𝑃𝑃𝑐𝑐 = �𝜌𝜌𝜌𝜌 �𝑠𝑠 + �� for a vertical rectangular plate
2
Line of action:
𝐼𝐼𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥,𝑐𝑐
𝑦𝑦𝑃𝑃 = 𝑦𝑦𝑐𝑐 +
𝑃𝑃0
�𝑦𝑦𝑐𝑐 + � 𝐴𝐴
𝜌𝜌𝜌𝜌 sin 𝜃𝜃
𝐼𝐼𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥,𝑐𝑐
𝑦𝑦𝑃𝑃 = 𝑦𝑦𝑐𝑐 + 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑃𝑃0 = 0
𝑦𝑦𝑐𝑐 𝐴𝐴
𝑎𝑎𝑏𝑏 3
𝑏𝑏 12
𝑦𝑦𝑝𝑝 = 𝑠𝑠 + +
2 �𝑠𝑠 + 𝑏𝑏 + 𝑃𝑃0 � 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎
2 𝜌𝜌𝜌𝜌 sin 𝜃𝜃
𝑏𝑏 𝑏𝑏 2
𝑦𝑦𝑝𝑝 = 𝑠𝑠 + +
2 12 �𝑠𝑠 + 𝑏𝑏 + 𝑃𝑃0 �
2 𝜌𝜌𝜌𝜌 sin 𝜃𝜃
Acceleration field:
�⃗ 𝜕𝜕𝑉𝑉
𝑑𝑑𝑉𝑉 �⃗
𝑎𝑎⃗(𝑥𝑥, 𝑦𝑦, 𝑧𝑧, 𝑡𝑡) = = �⃗ ∙ 𝛻𝛻�⃗)𝑉𝑉
+ (𝑉𝑉 �⃗
𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 𝜕𝜕𝜕𝜕
�⃗ 𝜕𝜕𝑉𝑉
𝑑𝑑𝑉𝑉 �⃗ �⃗
𝜕𝜕𝑉𝑉 �⃗
𝜕𝜕𝑉𝑉 �⃗
𝜕𝜕𝑉𝑉
𝑎𝑎⃗(𝑥𝑥, 𝑦𝑦, 𝑧𝑧, 𝑡𝑡) = = + 𝑢𝑢 + 𝑣𝑣 + 𝑤𝑤
𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 𝜕𝜕𝜕𝜕 𝜕𝜕𝜕𝜕 𝜕𝜕𝜕𝜕 𝜕𝜕𝜕𝜕
𝑉𝑉̇ = 𝑉𝑉𝐴𝐴𝑐𝑐 𝑉𝑉 2
𝑃𝑃𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 = 𝑃𝑃 + 𝜌𝜌
2
Conservation of mass:
2(𝑃𝑃𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 − 𝑃𝑃)
𝑑𝑑 𝑉𝑉 = �
�⃗ ∙ 𝑛𝑛�⃗) 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 = 0
� 𝜌𝜌𝜌𝜌𝜌𝜌 + � 𝜌𝜌(𝑉𝑉 𝜌𝜌
𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶
𝑊𝑊̇𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑡,𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜
𝜂𝜂𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔 =
𝑊𝑊̇𝑠𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎,𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖
𝑃𝑃 𝑉𝑉 2
+ + 𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔 = 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐
𝜌𝜌 2
� 𝐹𝐹⃗ = � 𝜌𝜌𝑉𝑉
�⃗(𝑉𝑉
�⃗ ∙ 𝑛𝑛�⃗) 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑
𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶
� 𝐹𝐹⃗ = � 𝛽𝛽𝑚𝑚̇𝑉𝑉
�⃗ − � 𝛽𝛽𝑚𝑚̇𝑉𝑉
�⃗
𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖
Angular momentum:
��⃗ = 𝐼𝐼𝛼𝛼⃗
� 𝑀𝑀
��⃗ = 𝑟𝑟 × 𝐹𝐹⃗
𝑀𝑀
𝑉𝑉
𝜔𝜔 =
𝑟𝑟
𝑎𝑎𝑡𝑡
𝛼𝛼 =
𝑟𝑟
𝑉𝑉 2
𝑎𝑎𝑟𝑟 = = 𝑟𝑟𝜔𝜔2
𝑟𝑟
𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉 𝜌𝜌𝜌𝜌𝜌𝜌
𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 = = Minor losses:
𝜐𝜐 𝜇𝜇
∆𝑃𝑃𝐷𝐷2
𝑉𝑉𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 =
32𝜇𝜇𝜇𝜇
∆𝑃𝑃𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋 4
∀̇= 𝑉𝑉𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝐴𝐴𝑐𝑐 =
128𝜇𝜇𝜇𝜇
32𝜇𝜇𝜇𝜇𝑉𝑉𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎
∆𝑃𝑃 =
𝐷𝐷2
𝐿𝐿 𝜌𝜌𝑉𝑉 2
∆𝑃𝑃𝐿𝐿 = 𝑓𝑓
𝐷𝐷 2
∆𝑃𝑃 𝐿𝐿 𝑉𝑉 2
ℎ𝐿𝐿 = = 𝑓𝑓
𝜌𝜌𝜌𝜌 𝐷𝐷 2𝑔𝑔
𝑊𝑊̇ = ∀̇∆𝑃𝑃
Friction factor:
64
𝑓𝑓 = 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 < 2300
𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅
𝜀𝜀
1 𝐷𝐷 2.51
= −2.0 log � + � 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 > 4000
�𝑓𝑓 3.7 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅�𝑓𝑓
Reynolds number:
𝜌𝜌𝜌𝜌𝜌𝜌 𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉
𝑅𝑅𝑒𝑒𝑥𝑥 = =
𝜇𝜇 𝜈𝜈
Shear stress:
𝜕𝜕𝜕𝜕
𝜏𝜏𝑤𝑤 = 𝜇𝜇 �
𝜕𝜕𝜕𝜕 𝑦𝑦=0
𝜌𝜌𝑈𝑈 2
𝜏𝜏𝑤𝑤 = 0.332
�𝑅𝑅𝑒𝑒𝑥𝑥
Friction coefficient:
0.664
𝐶𝐶𝑓𝑓,𝑥𝑥 = 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 < 𝑅𝑅𝑒𝑒𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐
�𝑅𝑅𝑒𝑒𝑥𝑥
0.059
𝐶𝐶𝑓𝑓,𝑥𝑥 ≅ 1 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 > 𝑅𝑅𝑒𝑒𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐
(𝑅𝑅𝑒𝑒𝑥𝑥 )5
𝛿𝛿 4.91
= 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 < 𝑅𝑅𝑒𝑒𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐
𝑥𝑥 �𝑅𝑅𝑒𝑒𝑥𝑥
𝛿𝛿 0.38
≅ 1 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 > 𝑅𝑅𝑒𝑒𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐
𝑥𝑥
(𝑅𝑅𝑒𝑒𝑥𝑥 )5
Displacement thickness:
𝛿𝛿 ∗ 1.72
= 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 < 𝑅𝑅𝑒𝑒𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐
𝑥𝑥 �𝑅𝑅𝑒𝑒𝑥𝑥
𝛿𝛿 ∗ 0.048
≅ 1 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 > 𝑅𝑅𝑒𝑒𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐
𝑥𝑥
(𝑅𝑅𝑒𝑒𝑥𝑥 )5
Momentum thickness:
𝜃𝜃 0.664
= 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 < 𝑅𝑅𝑒𝑒𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐
𝑥𝑥 �𝑅𝑅𝑒𝑒𝑥𝑥
𝜃𝜃 0.037
≈ 1 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 > 𝑅𝑅𝑒𝑒𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐
𝑥𝑥
(𝑅𝑅𝑒𝑒𝑥𝑥 )5
1.33
𝐶𝐶𝑓𝑓 = 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 < 𝑅𝑅𝑒𝑒𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐
�𝑅𝑅𝑒𝑒𝐿𝐿
0.074
𝐶𝐶𝑓𝑓 ≅ 1 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 > 𝑅𝑅𝑒𝑒𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐
(𝑅𝑅𝑒𝑒𝐿𝐿 )5
0.074 1742
𝐶𝐶𝑓𝑓 ≅ 1 − 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 > 𝑅𝑅𝑒𝑒𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐
𝑅𝑅𝑒𝑒𝐿𝐿
(𝑅𝑅𝑒𝑒𝐿𝐿 )5
Rough surface:
𝜀𝜀 −2.5
𝐶𝐶𝑓𝑓 = �1.89 − log �
𝐿𝐿
1
𝐹𝐹𝐷𝐷 = 𝐶𝐶𝐷𝐷 𝐴𝐴 𝜌𝜌𝑉𝑉 2
2
1
𝐹𝐹𝐿𝐿 = 𝐶𝐶𝐿𝐿 𝐴𝐴 𝜌𝜌𝑉𝑉 2
2
Power:
𝑃𝑃 = 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹
𝐹𝐹𝐿𝐿 = 𝑊𝑊
𝐹𝐹𝐷𝐷 = 𝑇𝑇
Wing loading: