How to Use fluid mechanics in a Sentence

fluid mechanics

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  • During his research on the lake and nearby streams, Thoreau made an original discovery in fluid mechanics.
    — Robert M. Thorson, The Conversation, 8 May 2026
  • Drawing on the fluid mechanics of birds and fish, researchers have engineered a bio-inspired robotic wing that autonomously adapts to turbulent water.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Only one, Daniel Bernoulli’s equation for fluid mechanics, is directly used in motorsports.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Engineers are using their knowledge of fluid mechanics and materials science to reproduce the unique environment of the womb.
    — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Over five expeditions at sea, the team further refined the microscope’s design and fluid mechanics to accommodate marine samples, often tackling the engineering while on the boat and adjusting for flooding and high seas.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The process, called extraction, is borrowed partly from food science and partly from petroleum refining and partly from the fluid mechanics of HVAC engineering.
    — Scott Eden, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The idea began in the Preston Innovation Laboratory at Rice, where research blends materials science, fluid mechanics, and robotics.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
  • By combining insights from geophysical fluid mechanics, exoplanetary atmospheres, and mineralogy, the study reveals how the intense internal dynamics and shifting compositions of these exotic worlds likely unfolds over time.
    — Victoria Corless, Space.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Robert Meier-Staude, PhD, a fluid mechanics specialist at Munich University of Applied Sciences, who optimized the design of the kites for project, said that the team spent two years developing concepts, simulations and the final prototype.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But coaxing nematodes is tricky and time-consuming, so Ortega-Jiménez collaborated with Ranjiangshang Ran, a postdoc studying fluid mechanics at Emory University, who ran computer simulations of thousands more jump trajectories.
    — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025

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