Fluids at Rest: Crash Course Physics #14

In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini is very excited to start talking about fluids. You see, she's a fluid dynamicist and mechanical engineer, so fluids are really important to her. Actually, they're really important to anyone studying physics. So, let's start down this path of understanding, not only how fluids work, but what they are!

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[ATsundereKitsune]

when you explain it: interesting! makes sense!
when my teacher explains it: gibberish

[tholfi]

Cheers to the ThoughtCafe! Must be very hard to animate such complex topics, especially if you only have a script to work with.

[BrainBuzzer]

my exam is in half hour and this is first time I am hearing something like this. 😢😢😢

[soundninja]

You should do Crash Course computers (computer science) and Crash Course electronics as theese are some of the most important industries out there. I think that a CC computers and a cc electronics would inspire young people to pursue a career in the two fields, and show them that it's easier than you'd imagine.

[moxi_floxi]

I finished my first and only Physics course this past spring. Still super salty that I didn't have this available to me then.

[Richard_is_cool]

I just want to say that these graphics are just so gorgeous!

[BeautifulFreakful]

I love the pile of Feynman Lectures on Physics on your desk.

[jennytran]

i spent 2 hours trying to solve a physics problem and failed. 2 mins into this video and I solved it. Thanks for making me feel bad about paying for my tuition. :)

[jk]

I am not sure if lessons should be delivered with such speed. Students who just started learning about pressure will probably be lost at the latter part.

[aman.s.rathore]

Thanks crashcourse tommorrow is my test and this video has made it easier for me to understand fluids.

[carmencitaionescu]

when i was around 13 ( i'm a 16 y.o romanian boy ) i've learned in school the boyant force..called here archimedes force, and when i asked the teacher if always the same percentage of an iceberg remains under water (it's about 90 percent and she said yes ) i had some sort of a smaller eureka moment :)). that day i made a formula of what percentage of a body's volume remains under water, and it was the body's density divided by the fluids density and multiplied by 100 ( if the percentage is bigger then 100 it obviously sinks ). when i showed it to the teacher she took a brief look, and said it's completely wrong, she didn't like me that much. it's so bad to have dumb teachers..but gladly we have crashcourse now! :))

[ganaraminukshuk]

I found that the most fascinating application of Archimedes' principle is the Falkirk Wheel in Scotland. Plus, there's a whole lot of interesting physics behind it, anyway.

[bottleofwater]

1:13 *Americans* : that’s insulting and unacceptable.

[babatulani]

FLUID DYNAMICS

OOOHHH BOOY THIS IS GONNA BE A RIDE.

[mehenuryasmin]

man give the comment section a glass of water! you are watching physics not biology ;-)

[Mruta]

"Thanks to Archimedes, we know why objects float and sink." 8:37

Isn't it more accurate to say that since Archimedes, we know HOW they float and sink, but not WHY? It seems to me that the terminology used to explain the differences in forces is Newtonian physics rather than classical physics.

Don't want to nitpick though, I love this series!

[Tom-dfbb]

She is one of the best presentets. Have her on more often please

[DanThePropMan]

I don't study physics or use it in my work. But I could listen to Shini talk all day.

[andreipenciu]

Thank you! We've learned at school about Archimede's principle and I managed to do pretty well, but it was something weird about it that just made me think it wasn't intuitive at all ! After I watched your video something just clicked in my mind and now it seems very simple and logical to me ! I know this sounds pretty generic and you get these kinds of comments every day, but I just wanted to say it was an eye opener for me! ☺