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  2. Stokes' law - Wikipedia

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    Creeping flow past a falling sphere in a fluid (e.g., a droplet of fog falling through the air): streamlines, drag force F d and force by gravity F g. At terminal (or settling) velocity, the excess force F e due to the difference between the weight and buoyancy of the sphere (both caused by gravity [7]) is given by:

  3. Lift (force) - Wikipedia

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    This implied one-way causation is a misconception. The real relationship between pressure and flow speed is a mutual interaction. [4] As explained below under a more comprehensive physical explanation, producing a lift force requires maintaining pressure differences in both the vertical and horizontal directions. The Bernoulli-only explanations ...

  4. Fluid dynamics - Wikipedia

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    A flow that is not a function of time is called steady flow. Steady-state flow refers to the condition where the fluid properties at a point in the system do not change over time. Time dependent flow is known as unsteady (also called transient [8]). Whether a particular flow is steady or unsteady, can depend on the chosen frame of reference.

  5. Bernoulli's principle - Wikipedia

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    The carburetor may or may not use the difference between the two static pressures which result from the Venturi effect on the air flow in order to force the fuel to flow, and as a basis a carburetor may use the difference in pressure between the throat and local air pressure in the float bowl, or between the throat and a Pitot tube at the air ...

  6. Hydrostatics - Wikipedia

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    So in this case the pressure difference is the opposite of the difference of the scalar potential associated to the body force. In the other particular case of a body force of constant direction along z: = (,,) ^ the generalised Stevin's law above becomes:

  7. Dynamic pressure - Wikipedia

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    u is the flow speed in m/s. It can be thought of as the fluid's kinetic energy per unit volume. For incompressible flow, the dynamic pressure of a fluid is the difference between its total pressure and static pressure. From Bernoulli's law, dynamic pressure is given by =

  8. Pressure-gradient force - Wikipedia

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    In fluid mechanics, the pressure-gradient force is the force that results when there is a difference in pressure across a surface. In general, a pressure is a force per unit area across a surface. A difference in pressure across a surface then implies a difference in force, which can result in an acceleration according to Newton's second law of ...

  9. Flux - Wikipedia

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    Volumetric flux, the rate of volume flow across a unit area (m 3 ·m −2 ·s −1). (Darcy's law of groundwater flow) Mass flux, the rate of mass flow across a unit area (kg·m −2 ·s −1). (Either an alternate form of Fick's law that includes the molecular mass, or an alternate form of Darcy's law that includes the density.)