Afluid is defined as a “substance that deforms continuously when subjected to a shear stress” and is divided into two categories: ideal and real. A fluid that has zero viscosity, is incompressible, and has uniform velocity distribution is called an idealfluid. Realfluids are called either Newtonian or non-Newtonian. A Newtonian fluid has a lin | RULES OF THUMB FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERS A manual of quick accurate solutions to everyday mechanical engineering problems RULES OF THUMB FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERS Gulf Publishing Company Houston .