Lesson Plan: Laminar and Turbulent Flow of Viscous Fluids Physics
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to model the motion of viscous liquids that can have a uniform laminar flow or a nonuniform turbulent flow.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- model the laminar flow of a viscous fluid that flows along a rectangular-prism-shaped channel,
- use to calculate the dynamic viscosity of a fluid that flows along a rectangular-prism-shaped channel,
- describe how viscosity of a fluid affects the turbulence of the flow of the fluid,
- use to calculate the Reynolds number of a flow in a pipe.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- the fact that ,
- fluid streamlines.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- Stokes’ law.
