Fluid dynamics, also termed fluid mechanics, is a very important and broad study of fluids in motion, impacting most engineering disciplines, weather and climate modeling, city and home water distribu...Fluid dynamics, also termed fluid mechanics, is a very important and broad study of fluids in motion, impacting most engineering disciplines, weather and climate modeling, city and home water distribution systems, etc. The maximum flow velocity \(v_{m}\) is at the centerline and is equal to twice the average flow velocity. (Figure from Georgia State University, http://hyperphysics.phyastr.gsu.edu/hbase/pfric2.html
