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PHYS 1P23/93

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Solids and fluids
- Mechanical and bulk properties of matter; stress and strain
  - stretching/compression
  - shear (=sideways)
  - volume deformation
- Bulk properties are determined by averages
  - Ex: density
  - Ex: pressure
  - Aside: How does an altimeter work?
- Hydrostatics
  - Ex: gauge pressure (water tower)
  - Ex: buoyant force (iceberg)
  - Ex: floating without water
  - Ex: density determination for a coin ("Eureka!")
- Hydrodynamics
  - Ex: blood flow in aorta
  - Bernoulli's equation
  - Ex: a straw atomizer (see this hint)
  - Torricelli's theorem
  - Ex: Disaster at Sayano-Shushensk Hydro Power Station, 18.08.2009
  - viscous flow, e.g. velocity distribution in a pipe
  - Ex: an injection
  - Ex: running on water, a hoax or the real thing?
  - Low Reynolds number and onset of turbulence
  - Ex: blood flow through aorta
  - A white blood cell chasing a bacterium
  - Life at low Reynolds number, by E.M.Purcell
Heat and Thermodynamics
Waves and Sound
Light and Optics