Fluid mechanics

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Douglas, John F. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Harlow, England ; New York : Pearson/Prentice Hall , c2005
Edition:5th ed
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Fluids and their properties
  • 2. Pressure and head
  • 3. Static forces on surfaces : bouyancy
  • 4. Motion of fluid particles and streams
  • 5. The momentum equation and its applications
  • 6. The energy equation and its applications
  • 7. Two-dimensional ideal flow
  • 8. Dimensional analysis
  • 9. Similarity
  • 10. Laminar and turbulent flows in bounded systems
  • 11. Boundary layer
  • 12. Incompressible flow around a body
  • 13. Compressible flow around a body
  • 14. Steady incompressible flow in pipe and duct systems
  • 15. Uniform flow in open channels
  • 16. Non-uniform flow in open channels
  • 17. Compressible flow in pipes
  • 18. Environmental change and renewable energy technologies
  • 19. Environmental change and rainfall runoff flow modeling
  • 20. Pressure transient theory and surge control
  • 21. Stimulation of unsteady flow phenomena in pipe, channel and duct systems
  • 22. Theory of rotodynamic machines
  • 23. Performance of rotodynamic machines
  • 24. Positive displacement machines
  • 25. Machine-network interactions