Heat & Fluids

Statics of Fluids

Static Pressure

Atmospheric Pressure

Measuring Pressure

Density and Buoyancy

Siphons, Fountains, Pumps

Dynamics of Fluids

Flow Rate

Forces in Moving Fluids

Viscosity

Turbulent and Streamline Flow

Vortices

Non-Newtonian Fluids

Heat and the First Law

Heat Capacity and Specific Heat

Convection

Conduction

Radiation

Heat Transfer Application

Mechanical Equivalent of Heat

Adiabatic Processes

Change of State

PVT Surfaces

Phase Changes: Liquid - Solid

Phase Changes: Liquid - Gas

Cooling by Evaporation

Dew Point and Humidity

Vapor Pressure

Sublimation

Phase Changes: Solid - Solid

Critical Point

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