# Fluid Mechanics

- By: Bar-Meir
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://eng.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Civil_Engineering/Fluid_Mechanics_(Bar-Meir))
- Licence: [GNU Free Documentation License](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.html)
- Read at LibreTexts: https://eng.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Civil_Engineering/Fluid_Mechanics_(Bar-Meir)
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/eng-609/pdf

Fluid mechanics is the branch of physics that studies the mechanics of fluids (liquids, gases, and plasmas) and the forces on them. Fluid mechanics has a wide range of applications, including for mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, geophysics, astrophysics, and biology. Fluid mechanics can be divided into fluid statics, the study of fluids at rest; and fluid dynamics, the study of the effect of forces on fluid motion.