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Re: Darn those definitions (was: The new Super Car) (fwd)
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Sat, 7 Aug 1999 13:35:31 GMT
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----- Forwarded message from John A. Tamplin -----

Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 12:26:18 -0500 (CDT)
From: "John A. Tamplin" <jat@liveonthenet.com>
Subject: Re: Darn those definitions (was: The new Super Car)

Sorry, but air is indeed considered a fluid in fluid dynamics.  The flow
patterns of any fluid obeys the same general principles, whether it be
air, water, oil, etc.

You may very well argue that hydraulics implies not just a fluid but a
liquid, but you can't argue that air isn't a fluid.

----- End of forwarded message from John A. Tamplin -----

A liquid is an incompressible fluid.

A gas is a compressible fluid.

Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
Y. Nakayama, P.F. Boucher
ISBN 0-340-67649-3
$24.95 US
pp. 6

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Message has 4 Replies:
  Re: Darn those definitions (was: The new Super Car) (fwd)
 
(...) Exactly. And from an engineering standpoint (with all due respect to Mirriam Webster et at.) that's the difference between pneumatics and hydrolics. Whatever the media invloved, pneumatic devices operate through the flow of *compressible* (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: Darn those definitions (was: The new Super Car)
 
(...) In lugnet.robotics, Peter Dantic writes: I think you will find that, with the exception of black hole stuff, everything is compressible. It is certainly true to say that a gas is more compressible than a liquid, but there is no defined 'level (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: Darn those definitions (was: The new Super Car)
 
(...) Disregarding definitions for the moment and returning to the original question (can Lego rightly call those parts hydraulic), can we all agree on the following: 1) There is a large group of fluids whose volume changes *almost* linearly with (...) (25 years ago, 8-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: Darn those definitions (was: The new Super Car) (fwd)
 
Jim Choate wrote in message <199908071335.IAA293...sz.com>... (...) Hydraulics implies water(hydr). (...) (25 years ago, 8-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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