Fluid Mechanics: Dimensional Analysis: Buckingham Pi Theorem — Transcript
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- 0:04dimensional analysis Buckingham PI
- 0:06theorem
- 0:13the Buckingham PI theorem was named
- 0:15after the American Edgar Buckingham
- 0:23you
- 0:27it states that if there are n
- 0:29dimensional variables in a dimensionally
- 0:31homogeneous equation described by J
- 0:33fundamental dimensions they may be
- 0:35grouped in K equals n minus J
- 0:37dimensionless groups
- 0:43each dimensionless group is called pi
- 0:52and the relation among the dimensionless
- 0:55groups will be written as follows
- 0:59function of pi 1 pi 2 pi 3 until pi k
- 1:03equals 0
- 1:06or PI one is a function of pi 2 pi 3
- 1:09until PI K
- 1:12or pi/2 is a function of PI 1 PI 3 until
- 1:16PI K
- 1:18and so on and so forth all these
- 1:22presentations are similar
- 1:27this method is also known as method of
- 1:29repeating variables
- 1:35as an illustration of the Buckingham PI
- 1:37theorem let's take the case of the drag
- 1:39force on a smooth sphere
- 1:46step1 consists of listing the parameters
- 1:49in the problem
- 1:52the drag force on a smooth sphere is
- 1:55mainly influenced by the sphere diameter
- 1:57D the fluid velocity V the fluid density
- 2:00Rho in the fluid viscosity mu
- 2:05our five dimensional variables in this
- 2:07case thus N equals five
- 2:16step2 consists of listing the primary
- 2:19dimensions of each parameter
- 2:23to obtain the dimension of a parameter
- 2:25sometimes it is easier to start by
- 2:27obtaining its unit
- 2:30from the unit the translation to the
- 2:33dimension can be easily done
- 2:37the unit for drag forces Newton or
- 2:40kilograms meter per second square
- 2:45the FM represents the dimension for mass
- 2:46L for length and T for time then the
- 2:51dimension for the drag force is ml T
- 2:53power negative 2
- 2:57the unit for diameter is meter then it's
- 3:00dimension is L
- 3:03for fluid velocity it is meter per
- 3:05second the dimension is Lt power
- 3:08negative one
- 3:11the unit for fluid density is kilograms
- 3:13per meter cube then it's dimension is ml
- 3:16power negative 3
- 3:19and the unit for fluid viscosity mu is
- 3:22kilograms per meter second hence its
- 3:25dimension is ml power negative one T
- 3:27power negative one
- 3:32here we observe that there are only
- 3:33three primary dimensions involved in all
- 3:36parameters which are M L and T thus J
- 3:39equals three
- 3:46step3 consists of calculating the number
- 3:48of dimensionless groups
- 3:51having N equals 5 and J equals 3 then
- 3:54the number of dimensionless groups will
- 3:56be 5 minus 3 or K equals 2
- 4:01the two dimensionless group are pi-1 and
- 4:03pi2
- 4:09step four consists of choosing the
- 4:11repeating variables
- 4:14as a hint it is generally advantageous
- 4:17to choose primary variables that relate
- 4:19to mass geometry and kinematics
- 4:23among these parameters the one that is
- 4:26related to mass is the fluid density Rho
- 4:32the one which is related to geometry is
- 4:34the sphere diameter D
- 4:39and the one which is related to
- 4:41kinematics is the fluid velocity v
- 4:48hence the three repeating variables are
- 4:50row D and V
- 4:56Step five consists of constructing the
- 4:58dimensionless groups
- 5:01each of pi must contains the three
- 5:04repeating variables
- 5:07and we add to each pie each of the
- 5:09remaining variables
- 5:15pi-1 and pi2 are both dimensionless
- 5:17groups for this we put powers for each
- 5:20of the repeating variables
- 5:23let's put a 1 and a 2 as the power for
- 5:26row B 1 and B 2 as the power for D and C
- 5:321 and C 2 is the power for V
- 5:41so our pies are PI 1 equals Rho power a
- 5:451 times D power B 1 times V power C 1
- 5:49times f
- 5:52pi 2 equals Rho power a 2 times D power
- 5:55B 2 times V power C 2 times mu
- 6:00let's solve for pi one
- 6:05pi-1 is dimensionless group we can say
- 6:08that it's dimension is empower 0l power
- 6:100 and t power 0
- 6:16we replace row with its dimension
- 6:23deal with its dimension
- 6:29v with its dimension
- 6:34and F with its dimension
- 6:39now let's rearrange this by dimensions
- 6:48some up the power for each dimension
- 6:53from here we obtain three equations with
- 6:55three unknowns the three equations our
- 6:59equation from the power of M
- 7:04equation from the power of L
- 7:08and equation from the power of tea
- 7:12and the three unknowns are a1 b1 and c1
- 7:19these equations can be easily solved
- 7:26giving a1 equals minus one c1 equals -2
- 7:30and b1 equals -2
- 7:34let's replace the power coefficients in
- 7:36the PI one with these values
- 7:44the final expression for PI 1 is death
- 7:47over Rho D square v square
- 7:52now let's work on pi/2
- 7:56just like what we did with Pi 1 here we
- 7:59analyze the dimension of this relation
- 8:00we determinate to B 2 and C 2 in order
- 8:04to have dimensionless group PI 2
- 8:10we replace row with its dimension
- 8:17deal with its dimension
- 8:21v with its dimension
- 8:25and new with its dimension
- 8:29rearranging the power and solving it
- 8:38you
- 8:45we obtained a to equals negative 1 c2
- 8:52equals negative 1
- 8:55and b2 equals negative 1
- 9:00hence the expression of pi/2 is mu over
- 9:03Rho VD
- 9:09we know that Rho VD over mu is Reynolds
- 9:12number
- 9:15hence pi 2 equals 1 over Reynolds number
- 9:18or Reynolds number power negative 1
- 9:25finally step six is to write the final
- 9:28functional relationship
- 9:31we have both the expression for pi-1 and
- 9:34pi2
- 9:36pi-1 equals F over Rho V Square D square
- 9:40PI 2 equals Reynolds number power
- 9:43negative 1
- 9:45by taking the relationship in the form
- 9:47of PI one is a function of PI to the
- 9:50final relation is f over Rho V Square D
- 9:53square is a function of Reynolds number
- 10:03you
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