Introduction to Fluids in Motion

Abstract

This paper serves as an introduction to the concept of fluid motion. It is an attempt made to introduce the fundamentals of fluid flow. Fluid motion manifests themselves in many different ways. Some common assumptions used to simplify a flow situation are related to fluid properties. Under certain conditions viscosity can affect the flow significantly. The compressibility of a gas in motion should be taken into account if the velocities are very high. Fluid flow analysis is used to predict the behavior of systems which involves fluid flow. Computational Fluid Dynamics is the method to perform Fluid flow analysis and utilizes numerical methods and algorithms to address the problem that includes fluid flow. This paper consists of a brief view of different types of flow,basic equations etc. At the outset the beginning is the description of the basic ideas of fluid flows, Flow patterns, methods to describe fluid motion etc. The paper ends with general analysis of fluid motion through ANSYS CFD software, because the visualization of flow patterns permit the development and better understanding in formulating a mathematical problem.