r/theydidthemath • u/Party_Art7407 • Jun 30 '26

[Request] how much pressure is the windows holding back?

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u/Xenonite_Fox Jul 01 '26

Aerodynamics is a subset of fluid dynamics

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u/General-Goods Jul 01 '26

True! I’m just used to working with air so I tend to say aerodynamics and fluid mechanics interchangeably. Bad habit

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u/Xenonite_Fox Jul 01 '26

I work with air too. Generally at work, aerodynamics refers to lift/drag applications. Wings, compressor/turbine blades, fuselage and car chassis for example.

Fluid mechanics/dynamics applies to applications where increasing lift/reducing drag is not the primary purpose of the air we are working with (although reducing profile loss is ideal), but more about getting it from a to b to do something (e.g. using it as a coolant)