Fluid Dynamics Scholarly Journal
Fluid dynamics is "the branch of applied science that is concerned with the movement of liquids and gases," according to the American Heritage Dictionary. Fluid dynamics is one of two branches of fluid mechanics, which is the study of fluids and how forces affect them. (The other branch is fluid statics, which deals with fluids at rest.) Scientists across several fields study fluid dynamics. Fluid dynamics provides methods for studying the
evolution of stars, ocean currents, weather patterns, plate tectonics and even blood circulation. Some important technological applications of
fluid dynamics include rocket engines, wind turbines, oil pipelines and air conditioning systems. Fluid dynamics offers a systematic structure—which underlies these practical disciplines—that embraces empirical and semi-empirical laws derived from flow measurement and used to solve practical problems. The solution to a
fluid dynamics problem typically involves the calculation of various properties of the fluid, such as flow velocity, pressure, density, and temperature, as functions of space and time.Before the twentieth century, hydrodynamics was synonymous with fluid dynamics. This is still reflected in names of some
fluid dynamics topics, like magnetohydrodynamics and hydrodynamic stability, both of which can also be applied to gases.The foundational axioms of
fluid dynamics are the conservation laws, specifically, conservation of mass, conservation of linear momentum, and conservation of energy (also known as First
Law of Thermodynamics).
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