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This comprehensive study explores the behavior of viscous flows in various contexts, including slow flow in slots and pipes, oscillating flows, and fast flows around objects. Key topics include the conservation of momentum, the roles of inertia, pressure, and gravity, and the implications for phenomena like glacier movement, groundwater flow, sediment transport, and turbulent transitions. Additional insights are provided on unsteady viscous flows, wave dynamics, and the significance of boundary layers in different environments, enhancing understanding of fluid mechanics in natural and engineered systems.
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Conservation of momentum inertia pressure/gravity viscous
Flows and force balances • 1. Slow flow in a slot • 2. Oscillating slow flow • 3. Small-amplitude waves • 4. Fast flow away from an object • 5. Fast flow near an object • a. inertia ~ pressure/gravity • b. viscous ~ inertia ~ pressure • c. viscous ~ inertia • d. viscous ~ pressure
Viscous flow in a slot or pipe U Flow driven by a moving wall Flow driven by a pressure gradient
Viscous slot flow: extensions Glacier movement Groundwater Flow in the mantle
Viscous slot flow: extensions Particle settling Swimming of organisms Sediment transport
Turbulent flow in a slot or pipe Transition to turbulence “Law of the wall”
Turbulent pipe flow: extensions Open channel flow Glacier movement Municipal hydraulics Flow in vegetated channels
Unsteady viscous flow U U Oscillating plate Impulsively started plate
Unsteady viscous flow: extensions River mixing
Waves Surface waves of small amplitude
Waves: extensions Wave spectra Internal waves Solitary waves
Boundary layers: extensions Gravity currents and salt wedges Biofilms Jets & plumes Diffusive BL in a lake