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Living Physics 8 - Fluids
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Part 9 of 12
Highlights: chapter 8 of an intro physics text for life-science students on the properties of fluids including viscous fluid flow
Abstract: All known organisms either live in fluids or have fluids moving in their bodies (often both), and the motion of fluids provides the transport of chemicals and nutrients to an organism's cells. This chapter provides a more extensive treatment of fluids than traditional texts, including detailed discussions of partial pressures, surface tension, the Laplace bubble law, capillary action, and viscous fluid flow. We develop these properties of fluids from fundamental physical principles combined with the mathematical tools we have been developing throughout the text.
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Physics Topics: 

Fluid Mechanics > Dynamics of Fluids > Equation of Continuity, Flow Rate, Hagen-Poiseuille Equation, Viscosity

Fluid Mechanics > Statics of Fluids, Surface Tension

Life Sciences Topics: 

Cardiovascular System

Fluid Transport

Healthy Respiratory Function

Material Flow

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None

Math Topics: 
Algebra; Geometry

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Copyright:   2025 Edward Redish, Ginny Redish

License:   CC BY-NC-SA - Attribution, No Commercial uses and Share Alike. Derivative works must have the same license.

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