Re: Air Flow in a bypass valve

[audistuff@juno.com (Paul R Anderson)]

Air is a fluid, no doubt, definition stated.  The issue here is not fluid
or
not fluid.  The issue here is compressible vs. not compressible.  
Gases are.
Liquids are not.
That's why you blow your A/C compressor if you put too much liquid
in the low side port.  

Air is subject to Charles' Law, Boyle's Law and approximations can be
made
using the Ideal Gas Law.  This means that Temperature, Pressure, and
Volume are related and affect each other.  When you change volume, you
seriously affect flow characteristics of the fluid.  Temperature also
affects
the viscosity.

Paul Anderson, Cheyenne, WY  Private email:AndersonPaul@juno.com

On Thu, 13 Nov 1997 15:29:39 GMT paul.heneghan@bbc.co.uk (Paul Heneghan)
writes:
>
>Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 18:41:32 -0800
>From: Wolff <wolff_b@ix.netcom.com>
>Subject: Re: Air Flow in a bypass valve
>
>Scott said:
>>>Air is a fluid by definition.
>
>Wolff said:
>>Ummm, I really don't want to get stuck in this whole thing, but "air 
>is
>>a fluid by definition" is wrong.
>
>I say:
>At my physics class at school I was told that "a fluid is a liquid or 
>a 
>gas".  Before you all jump in and say "bxxxxxxs", I just checked it in 
>the 
>Oxford Dictionary and that confirms it.
>
>I fully agree that air is a gas (or to be more precise consists of a 
>number 
>of gasses), but by definition, that also makes it a fluid.
>
>Unfortunately, I am not brainy enough to comment on the rest of the 
>discussions.
>
>Paul
>paul.heneghan@bbc.co.uk
>1984 Audi 80 quattro
>1989 Audi 100 Avant
>
>