ACTIVITIES: READING COMPREHENSION (SIMPLE PRESENT) - CLASSICAL MECHANICS

CLASSICAL MECHANICS

In physics, classical mechanics is one of the two major sub-fields of mechanics, which is concerned with the set of physical laws describing the motion of bodies under the action of a system of forces. The study of the motion of bodies is an ancient one, making classical mechanics one of the oldest and largest subjects in science, engineering and technology.

Classical mechanics describes the motion of macroscopic objects, from projectiles to parts of machinery, as well as astronomical objects, such as spacecraft, planets, stars, and galaxies. Besides this, many specializations within the subject deal with gases,liquids, solids, and other specific sub-topics. Classical mechanics provides extremely accurate results as long as the domain of study is restricted to large objects and the speeds involved do not approach the speed of light. When the objects being dealt with become sufficiently small, it becomes necessary to introduce the other major sub-field of mechanics, quantum mechanics, which reconciles the macroscopic laws of physics with the atomic nature of matter and handles the wave-particle duality of atoms andmolecules. In the case of high velocity objects approaching the speed of light, classical mechanics is enhanced by special relativity.General relativity unifies special relativity with Newton's law of universal gravitation, allowing physicists to handle gravitation at a deeper level.

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RESPONDA:
What is classical mechanics?

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Is the study of bodies motion an old study? 

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ELIJA LA OPCION CORRECTA:

La mecánica clásica describe 

·          - objetos pequeños

·          - objetos grandes

La mecánica clásica se ocupa de describir objetos como *

·          - cohetes espaciales

·          - la astronomía

La mecánica clásica proporciona

·          - resultados muy apropiados

·          - resultados muy exactos

La mécanica cuántica se ocupa de

·          - objetos microscópicos

·          - objetos macrocópicos

COMPLETE LAS SIGUIENTES AFIRMACIONES:  

·         La mecánica cuántica armoniza ...

·         Esta subdisciplina maneja ...

·         En el caso de objetos que alcanzan la velocidad de la luz ...

·         La ley de gravedad permite a los físicos ... 

PRACTICE: READING COMPREHENSION: SIMPLE PRESENT "FLUID MECHANICS"

Fluid mechanics

Relationship to continuum mechanics

Fluid mechanics is a sub discipline of continuum mechanics, as illustrated in the following table.

Continuum mechanics The study of the physics of continuous materials	Solid mechanics The study of the physics of continuous materials with a defined rest shape.	Elasticity Describes materials that return to their rest shape after an applied stress.
		Plasticity Describes materials that permanently deform after a sufficient applied stress.	Rheology The study of materials with both solid and fluid characteristics.
	Fluid mechanics The study of the physics of continuous materials which take the shape of their container.	Non-Newtonian fluids
		Newtonian fluids

In a mechanical view, a fluid is a substance that does not support shear stress; that is why a fluid at rest has the shape of its containing vessel. A fluid at rest has no shear stress.

Assumptions

Like any mathematical model of the real world, fluid mechanics makes some basic assumptions about the materials being studied. These assumptions are turned into equations that must be satisfied if the assumptions are to be held true. For example, consider an incompressible fluid in three dimensions. The assumption that mass is conserved means that for any fixed closed surface (such as a sphere) the rate of mass passing from outside to inside the surface must be the same as rate of mass passing the other way. (Alternatively, the mass inside remains constant, as does the mass outside). This can be turned into an integral equation over the surface.

Fluid mechanics assumes that every fluid obeys the following:

·         Conservation of mass

·         Conservation of energy

·         Conservation of momentum

·         The continuum hypothesis, detailed below.

Further, it is often useful (at subsonic conditions) to assume a fluid is incompressible – that is, the density of the fluid does not change.

Similarly, it can sometimes be assumed that the viscosity of the fluid is zero. Gases can often be assumed to be inviscid. If a fluid is viscous, and its flow contained in some way (e.g. in a pipe), then the flow at the boundary must have zero velocity. For a viscous fluid, if the boundary is not porous, the shear forces between the fluid and the boundary results also in a zero velocity for the fluid at the boundary. This is called the no-slip condition. For a porous media otherwise, in the frontier of the containing vessel, the slip condition is not zero velocity, and the fluid has a discontinuous velocity field between the free fluid and the fluid in the porous media.

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