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Physical Basics
of
Fluid
being thrown by the passengers
of
the one train to the passengers
in
the other
train, so that a momentum transfer takes place; it should be noted that the
masses m
A
and mB
of
the trains do not change. Due to the fact that the persons
in
the quicker train catch the sacks that are being thrown to them from the
slower train, the quicker train
is
slowed down.
In
an analogous way the slower
train is accelerated. Momentum transfer
in
the direction
of
travel takes place
by an momentum transport perpendicular to the direction
of
travel. This idea,
transferred to the molecule-dependent momentum transport in fluids, is
in
accordance with the molecule dependent transport processes that were stated
above.
Annotation:
In
continuums mechanics, the viscous-dependent interaction
between fluid layers is generally postulated as
"friction forces" between layers.
This would, in the above described interaction between trains running along
each another, correspond to a slowdown or acceleration by frictional forces
that could be applied for instance in such a way that the passengers in the
trains exert an influence on the motion
of
the respective other train by bars
with which the friction forces along the external wagon wall are induced. This
idea does not correspond to the conception
of
molecular dependent transport
processes between fluid layers
of
different speeds.
If
one carries out physically correct considerations regarding the molecular
dependent momentum transport
tij'
In
addition, considerations are presented
on the following pages concerning pressure, heat exchange and diffusion
in
gases in order to show the connection between molecular and continuum-
mechanics quantities.
PRESSURE
IN
GASES
From the molecular-theoretical point
of
view, the gaseous state
of
aggregation
of
a matter is characterized by a free or random motion
of
the
atoms and molecules. The properties, that matters assume in this state
of
aggregation, are described quite well by the laws
of
an ideal gas. These laws
result from derivations that are based on basic mechanical laws and that start
from ideal elastic collisions with which the molecules interact among each
another and with walls, e.g. with container walls. Between these collisions,
the molecules move freely and in straight lines. This is to say that no forces
act between the molecules, except when the collisions take place. Likewise
container walls neither attract nor repel the
molecul~s
and the interactions
of
the walls with the moving molecules are limited to the moment
of
the collision.
The most important properties
of
an ideal gas can be stated as follows:
• The volume
of
the molecules and the atoms is extremely small as
com- pared to their distance from one another so that the molecules
can be regarded as material points;