Introduction to Fluid Mechanics (Butterworth-Heineman Edition)
Fluid mechanics is one of the most difficult core courses encountered by engineering students. The problem stems from the necessity of visualizing complex flow patterns and fluid behaviour modeled by high-level mathematics. This text overcomes this difficulty by introducing the concepts through ever...
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| Format | eBook Book |
| Language | English |
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London
Elsevier
2000
New York J. Wiley & Sons Arnold Elsevier Science & Technology Butterworth-Heinemann |
| Edition | 1 |
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| Online Access | Get full text |
| ISBN | 9780340676493 0340676493 9780470236291 0470236299 |
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Table of Contents:
- Title Page Preface Table of Contents 1. History of Fluid Mechanics 2. Characteristics of a Fluid 3. Fluid Statics 4. Fundamentals of Flow 5. One-Dimensional Flow: Mechanism for Conservation of Flow Properties 6. Flow of Viscous Fluid 7. Flow in Pipes 8. Flow in a Water Channel 9. Drag and Lift 10. Dimensional Analysis and Law of Similarity 11. Measurement of Flow Velocity and Flow Rate 12. Flow of an Ideal Fluid 13. Flow of a Compressible Fluid 14. Unsteady Flow 15. Computational Fluid Dynamics 16. Flow Visualisation Answers to Problems List of Symbols Index
- Front Cover -- Introduction to Fluid Mechanics -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- PREFACE -- LIST OF SYMBOLS -- CHAPTER 1. HISTORY OF FLUID MECHANICS -- 1.1 Fluid mechanics in everyday life -- 1.2 The beginning of fluid mechanics -- CHAPTER 2. CHARACTERISTICS OF A FLUID -- 2.1 Fluid -- 2.2 Units and dimensions -- 2.3 Density, specific gravity and specific volume -- 2.4 Viscosity -- 2.5 Surface tension -- 2.6 Compressibility -- 2.7 Characteristics of a perfect gas -- 2.8 Problems -- CHAPTER 3. FLUID STATICS -- 3.1 Pressure -- 3.2 Forces acting on the vessel of liquid -- 3.3 Why does a ship float? -- 3.4 Relatively stationary state -- 3.5 Problems -- CHAPTER 4. FUNDAMENTALS OF FLOW -- 4.1 Streamline and stream tube -- 4.2 Steady flow and unsteady flow -- 4.3 Three-dimensional, two-dimensional and one-dimensional flow -- 4.4 Laminar flow and turbulent flow -- 4.5 Reynolds number -- 4.6 Incompressible and compressible fluids -- 4.7 Rotation and spinning of a liquid -- 4.8 Circulation -- 4.9 Problems -- CHAPTER 5. ONE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW: mechanism for conservation of flow properties -- 5.1 Continuity equation -- 5.2 Conservation of energy -- 5.3 Conservation of momentum -- 5.4 Conservation of angular momentum -- 5.5 Problems -- CHAPTER 6. FLOW OF VISCOUS FLUID -- 6.1 Continuity equation -- 6.2 Navier-Stokes equation -- 6.3 Velocity distribution of laminar flow -- 6.4 Velocity distribution of turbulent flow -- 6.5 Boundary layer -- 6.6 Theory of lubrication -- 6.7 Problems -- CHAPTER 7. FLOW IN PIPES -- 7.1 Flow in the inlet region -- 7.2 Loss by pipe friction -- 7.3 Frictional loss on pipes other than circular pipes -- 7.4 Various losses in pipe lines -- 7.5 Pumping to higher levels -- 7.6 Problems -- CHAPTER 8. FLOW IN A WATER CHANNEL -- 8.1 Flow in an open channel with constant section and flow velocity
- 8.2 Best section shape of an open channel -- 8.3 Specific energy -- 8.4 Constant discharge -- 8.5 Constant specific energy -- 8.6 Constant water depth -- 8.7 Hydraulic jump -- 8.8 Problems -- CHAPTER 9. DRAG AND LIFT -- 9.1 Flows around a body -- 9.2 Forces acting on a body -- 9.3 The drag of a body -- 9.4 The lift of a body -- 9.5 Cavitation -- 9.6 Problems -- CHAPTER 10. DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS AND LAW OF SIMILARITY -- 10.1 Dimensional analysis -- 10.2 Buckingham's π theorem -- 10.3 Application examples of dimensional analysis -- 10.4 Law of similarity -- 10.5 Problems -- CHAPTER 11. MEASUREMENT OF FLOW VELOCITY AND FLOW RATE -- 11.1 Measurement of flow velocity -- 11.2 Measurement of flow discharge -- 11.3 Problems -- CHAPTER 12. FLOW OF AN IDEAL FLUID -- 12.1 Euler's equation of motion -- 12.2 Velocity potential -- 12.3 Stream function -- 12.4 Complex potential -- 12.5 Example of potential flow -- 12.6 Conformal mapping -- 12.7 Problems -- CHAPTER 13. FLOW OF A COMPRESSIBLE FLUID -- 13.1 Thermodynamical characteristics -- 13.2 Sonic velocity -- 13.3 Mach number -- 13.4 Basic equations for one-dimensional compressible flow -- 13.5 Isentropic flow -- 13.6 Shock waves -- 13.7 Fanno flow and Rayleigh flow -- 13.8 Problems -- CHAPTER 14. UNSTEADY FLOW -- 14.1 Vibration of liquid column in U-tube -- 14.2 Propagation of pressure in pipe line -- 14.3 Transitional change in flow quantity in a pipe line -- 14.4 Velocity of pressure wave in a pipe line -- 14.5 Water hammer -- 14.6 Problems -- CHAPTER 15. COMPUTATlONAL FLUID DYNAMICS -- 15.1 Finite difference method -- 15.2 Finite volume method -- 15.3 Finite element method -- 15.4 Boundary element method -- CHAPTER 16. FLOW VISUALISATION -- 16.1 Classification of techniques -- 16.2 Experimental visualisation methods -- 16.3 Computer-aided visualisation methods -- ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS -- INDEX