5 questions

NAME:

Oregon State University

School of Civil and Construction Engineering

CE 311 – Fluid Mechanics

Fall 2018

Homework 3: Due on or before 5 pm Friday September 28th

A. What does it mean for a fluid to be considered ‘continuous’?

B. What does incompressible mean with respect to a fluid? How is this related to the bulk

modulus of elasticity, E?

C. Explain what physically happens when an airplane goes faster than the speed of sound.

D. What is the difference between specific weight and density? What is density?

E. Explain what shear stress is. What does viscosity have to do with it?

F. Explain what it means for a fluid to boil. Can water at 0 deg. C boil?

G. Where do you see capillarity in real life? List 3 examples.