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• fluid flow — fluid flow, Physics. any characteristic movement of fluid particles, such as laminar flow and turbulent flow: »Using this method, scientists can study what they call “fluid flow,” such as water running out of faucets or through pipes in your… …   Useful english dictionary

• Flow measurement — is the quantification of bulk fluid movement. Flow can be measured in a variety of ways. Positive displacement flow meters acumulate a fixed volume of fluid and then count the number of times the volume is filled to measure flow. Other flow… …   Wikipedia

• Flow — may refer to:In science and technology: *Dataflow, computing term related to the flow of messages between software components *Environmental flow, the amount of water necessary in a watercourse to maintain a healthy ecosystem *Flow (computer… …   Wikipedia

• Fluid power — is the technology of exploiting the properties of fluids to generate, control, and transmit power as a result of the pressurization of fluids.As the term fluid refers either to gases or to liquids, fluid power is also subdivided into the… …   Wikipedia

• Fluid dynamics — Continuum mechanics …   Wikipedia

• fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter. Cf. fluid dynamics. [1940 45] * * * Study of the effects of forces and energy on liquids and gases. One branch of the field, hydrostatics, deals with fluids at… …   Universalium

• Fluid mechanics — Continuum mechanics …   Wikipedia

• Flow visualization — In fluid dynamics it is critically important to see the patterns produced by flowing fluids, in order to understand them. We can appreciate this on several levels: Most fluids (air, water, etc.) are transparent, thus their flow patterns are… …   Wikipedia

• fluid — fluidal, adj. fluidly, fluidally, adv. fluidness, n. /flooh id/, n. 1. a substance, as a liquid or gas, that is capable of flowing and that changes its shape at a steady rate when acted upon by a force tending to change its shape. adj. 2.… …   Universalium

• Fluid parcel — In fluid dynamics, within the framework of continuum mechanics, a fluid parcel is a very small amount of fluid, identifiable throughout its dynamic history while moving with the fluid flow.[1] As it moves, the mass of a fluid parcel remains… …   Wikipedia

• Flow sensor — A flow sensor is a device for sensing the rate of fluid flow. Typically a flow sensor is the sensing element used in a flow meter, or flow logger, to record the flow of fluids.As is true for all sensors, absolute accuracy of a measurement… …   Wikipedia