Re: [Phys-l] buoyancy on a submerged pole

[Bill Nettles <bnettles@uu.edu>]

Absolutely! Son, who is mechanically hands-on and into cars, etc. had to take fluids as part of his mech. Engineering degree. The person who taught it his semester was a fresh Ph.D. in fluid dynamic theory.  I told him "fluids is black magic, take your 'C' and move on." He's now helping design pump casings (6' OD with 1'passage). I don't know if he was taught any actual engineering but he recognizes the words "Navier-Stokes equation."

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From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu [mailto:phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf Of Chuck Britton
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 10:34 PM
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Subject: Re: [Phys-l] buoyancy on a submerged pole

Yeah - fluids ARE magic.
I thought all pilots realized this ;-)

At 11:27 PM -0400 11/3/10, Hugh Haskell wrote:
> At 23:06 -0400 11/03/2010, Chuck Britton wrote:
> > Internal stresses - non-orthogonal - stuff - yada yada.
> > Once it's observed - a mechanism will arise.
> Arise? From where? Out of the pumpkin patch? Sounds like magic to me.
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