FIGURE 1-29
A contol volume may involve
Fined, moving, eal and inary
boundaries.
election of cont! volumes, but a wise choice certainly makes the analysis
much easier If we were to analyze the flow of air through a nozzle, for
example, a good choice fr he control volume would be the region within
the nozzie. or perhaps surrounding the entire noz
"A contol volume can be fixed in size and shape, a i the case of a no2-
‘le, ort may invole a moving boundary, as shown in Fig. 1-29, Most con
‘wal volumes, however, have fied boundaries and thus do not involve any
moving boundaries. A consol volume may als ivolve heat and work inter
actions just asa closed sytem, in addition to mass interaction.
1-6 » IMPORTANCE OF DIMENSIONS
AND UNITS
Any physical quantity can be characterized by dimensions, The magnitudes
signed to the dimensions are called units, Some basic dimensions such
38 muss m, length L ime 1, and temperature T are selected as primary or
fundamental dimensions, while others such as velocity Y, enemy E, and
volume V are expressed in terms of the primary dimensions and ar called
secondary dimensions or derived dimensions,
"A number of unit systems have been developed over the years. Despite
strong effors in the scientific and engineering community to unify the
‘world with a single unit system, two sets of unis are still in common use
toda: the English system, which is also known asthe United States Cus:
romary System (USCS), and the metic SI (rom Le Système International
Unis), which is also known as the International System. The Sh is a
Simple and logical system based on à decimal relationship beeen the ari
ous units, and ii being used for scientific and engineering work in most of
the indusilized nations, including England. The English system, however,
has no apparent systematic numerical base, and various units in this system
are related o each ether rather arbitrarily (12 in = Tf 1 mile = $280 fi,
Aa = 1 gal ete), which makes it confusing and diflul o lean, The
United States is the only industrialized country that has not ye full con.
verted tothe mewie system,
“The systematic efforts to develop a univenally acceptable system of
nit dates back to 1790 when the French National Assembly charged the
French Academy of Sciences to come up with such a uni system, An early
version ofthe metric system was soon developed in France, but tdi ot
find universal acceptance until 1875 when The Metric Convention Treaty
‘was prepared and signed by 17 nations, including the United Sates. In this
international tray, meter and gram were established as the metre unis
for length and muss, respectively, and a General Conference of Weights
and Measures (CGPM) was established that was 10 meet every six years.
In 1960, the CGPM produced the SI, which vas based on six fundamental
quam, and their units were adopted in 1954 atthe Tenth General Con:
Terence of Weights and Measures; meter (m) fr length, kilogram (kg) for
mass second (s) for ime, ampere (A) or electric current, degree Kelvin °K)
for temperature, and candela (cd) for luminous intensity (ameunt of li
In 1971. the CGPM added a seventh fundamental quantity and unit: mole
{mob for the amount of matter