A First Course in Fluid Mechanics for Engineers
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 9788740300697
Table of contents: title: Content; title: A Word ....; title: Physics of Fluids; title: Introduction; title: Nature of fluids; title: Fluid as a continuum; title: Properties of fluids; title: Fluid Mechanics; title: References; title: Fluid Statics; title: Introduction; title: Pressure; title: Pressure at a point; title: Pressure variation in a static fluid; title: Pressure and head; title: Use of hydraulic pressure; title: Buoyancy; title: Force on immersed plates; title: References; title: Dimensional analysis; title: Introduction; title: Dimensional homogeneity; title: Buckingham’ Pi theorem; title: Uses of dimensional analysis; title: Basics of Fluid Flow; title: Introduction; title: Velocity field; title: Control volume and system representation; title: Continuity of flow; title: Types of flow; title: Bernoulli equation; title: Physical meaning of the Bernoulli equation; title: Applications of Bernoulli equation; title: Linear Momentum; title: References; title: Laminar and Turbulent Flow; title: Introduction; title: Laminar Flow; title: Turbulent flows; title: References; title: Viscous Flow in Pipes; title: Introduction; title: Laminar flow in a circular pipe; title: Turbulent flow in a pipe; title: Bernoulli Equation revisited; title: Losses in pipes; title: Other head losses in pipes; title: References; title: Pumping of liquids; title: Introduction; title: Pump classification; title: Centrifugal pumps; title: Bernoulli’s equation and system head; title: System curve; title: Net Positive Suction Head (NPSH); title: Flow Control; title: Some remarks on practical issues; title: References