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Engineering fluid mechanics / John A. Roberson and Clayton T. Crowe.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [1975]Description: x, 520 p. : ill.; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0395186072
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 620.106 22 ROB
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CONTENT

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Fluids
1.2 Flow Classification
1.3 Historical Note
1.4 Significance of Fluid Mechanics

CHAPTER TWO: FLUID PROPERTIES
2.1 Basic Units
2.2 System, Extensive, and Intensive Properties
2.3 Properties Involving the Mass or Weight of the Fluid
2.4 Properties Involving the Flow of Heat
2.5 Viscosity
Etc.

CHAPTER THREE: FLUID STATICS
3.1 Pressure
3.2 Pressure Variation with Elevation
3.3 Pressure Measurements
3.4 Hydrostatic Force on Plane Surface
3.5 Hydrostatic on Curved Surfaces
Etc.

CHAPTER FOUR: FLUIDS IN MOTION
4.1 Velocity and Flow Visualization
4.2 Rate of Flow
4.3 Acceleration
4.4 Basic Control-Volume Approach
4.5 Continuity Equation
Etc.

CHAPTER FIVE: PRESSURE VARIATION IN FLOWING FLUID
5.1 Basic Causes of Pressure Variation in a Flowing Fluid
5.2 Examples of Pressure Variation Resulting From Acceleration
5.3 The Bernoulli Equation
5.4 Application oif the Bernoulli Equation
5.5 Separation and Its Effect on Pressure Variation
Etc.

CHAPTER SIX: MOMENTUM PRINCIPLE
6.1 The Momentum Equation
6.2 Applications of the Momentum Equation
6.3 Moment-of- Momentum Equation

CHAPTER SEVEN: ENERGY PRINCIPLE
7.1 Derivation of the Energy Equation
7.2 Discussion of the Energy Equation
7.3 Simplified Forms of the Energy Equation
7.4 Application of the Energy, Momentum, and Continuity Equations in Combination
7.5 Concept of the Hydraulic and Energy Grade Lines
Etc.

CHAPTER EIGHT: DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS AND SIMILTUDE
8.1 The Need for Dimensional Analysis
8.2 Dimensions and Equations
8.3 The Buckingham II Theorem
8.4 Dimensional Analysis
8.5 Standard Dimensionless Numbers
Etc.

CHAPTER NINE: SURFACE RESISTANCE
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Surface Resistance with Uniform Laminar Flow
9.3 Qualitative Description of the Boundary Layer
9.4 Qualitative Relations for the Laminar Boundary Layer
9.5 Qualitative Relations for the Turbulent Boundary Layer

CHAPTER TEN: FLOW IN CONDUCTS
10.1 Shear Stress Distribution Across a Pipe Section
10.2 Laminar Flow in Pipes
10.3 Criterion for Laminar or Tubulent Flow in Pipes
10.4 Turbulent Flow in Pipes
10.5 Flow at Pipe Inlets and Losses from Fittings
Etc.

CHAPTER 11: DRAG AND LIFT
11.1 Basic Considerations
11.2 Drag of Two-Dimensional Bodies
11.3 Vortex Shedding from Cylindrical Bodies
11.4 Effects of Streamlining
11.5 Drag of Axisymmetric and Three- Dimensional Bodies
Etc.

CHAPTER TWELVE: COMPRESSIBLE FLOW
12.1 Wave Propagation in Compressible Fluids
12.2 Mach-Number Relationships
12.3 Normal Shock Waves
12.4 Isentropic Compressible Flow Through a Duct with Varying Area
12.5 Compressible Flow in a Pipe with Friction

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: FLOW MEASUREMENT
13.1 Instrument for the Measurement of Velocity and Pressure
13.2 Instruments and Procedures for Measurement of Flow Rate
13.3 Measurement in Compressible Flow

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: TURBOMACHINERY
14.1 Propeller Theory
14.2 Axial-Flow Pumps
14.3 Radial- and Mixed-Flow Machines
14.4 Specific Speed
14.5 Suction Limitations of Pumps
Etc.

CHAPTER Fifteen: VARIED FLOW IN OPEN CHANNELS
15.1 Energy Relations in Op[en Channels
15.2 The Hydraulic Jump
15.3 Surge or Tidal Bore
15.4 Gradually Varied Flow in Open Channels

Includes bibliographies and index p. 515-520


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