- Relate pressure to the force and the area over which the
force is applied. - Relate pressure in a liquid to its density and the depth at
which the pressure is being assessed. - Outline Pascal’s Principle regarding change of pressure in
an enclosed fluid at rest. - Perform simple calculations involving pressure and force
on fluids in enclosed systems. - Differentiate between laminar and turbulent flow of fluids.
- Relate volume flow rate to fluid velocity and crosssectional area.
- Explain the concept of continuity of fluid flow for a closed
system. - Apply the concept of energy conservation to fluid flow.
- Outline Bernoulli’s Principle regarding flow of an
incompressible fluid. - Apply the concepts of conservation of energy, continuity of
flow and Bernoulli’s Principle in discussing fluid pressure,
velocity and volume flow rate in an enclosed system. - Perform simple calculations involving flow of fluids in
enclosed systems. - Discuss simple clinical and other real-world applications of
concepts of pressure and fluid. - Outline Boyle’s Law for pressure and volume of gases.
- Outline the Combined Gas Law for temperature, pressure
and volume of gases. - Perform simple calculations involving temperature,
pressure and volume of gases. - Discuss clinical applications of pressure and gases.
- Relate temperature of an object to its internal energy.
- Explain why an object’s size tends to increase when its
temperature is increased. - Discuss the factors affecting the quantity of heat required
to change the temperature of an object. - Outline the processes of heat transfer by conduction,
convection and radiation. - Outline Newton’s Law of Cooling.
- Discuss real world applications of the concepts of specific
heat capacity, thermal expansion, heat transfer and
cooling.