BCP 101 FD: v1 (First Timers)

FLUID DYNAMICS: Fluid Dynamics is the science of fluids in motion–both liquids and gases.

FLUID DYNAMICS: An example of hydrodynamics would be studying the flight of an airplane

FLUID DYNAMICS: Studying how a turtle or a dolphin swims is part of Aerodynamics.

FLUID DYNAMICS: A shark’s top fin (the dorsal fin) has fibers in it that work like the riggings that stabilize a ship’s mast. These fibers stiffen the fin as the shark swims faster

FLUID DYNAMICS:    Aerodynamics is the study of air and other gases in motion. It could involve studying the alula feathers on a bird’s wing and what they do to air flow as the bird flies. (Note: You can figure out this answer by deduction… but you can watch the fourth video of Fluid Dynamics if you want to know more about the alula feathers now.)

DANIEL  BERNOULLI:   Daniel Bernoulli was born in 1740. He lived at the same time as:

DANIEL BERNOULLI: Bernoulli discovered his law by puncturing the wall of a thin pipe with a shovel.  

DANIEL BERNOULLI: The discovery of Bernoulli’s principle was groundbreaking. However, it was not properly used in the beginning. Doctors in Europe began measuring person’s blood pressure by sticking pointy-ended glass tubes directly into their person’s arteries.

DANIEL BERNOULLI: Many years later,  a doctor discovered a less painful method of checking blood pressure which is still in use today.

DANIEL BERNOULLI: Bernoulli’s principle became a great help in improving plane flight in the world.