Title:
Mechanics of fluids
Author:
Potter, Merle C.
ISBN:
9780495667735
9780521721691
9781439062036
Personal Author:
Edition:
Fourth edition.
Physical Description:
xvii, 794 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm + 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
General Note:
DVD ROM inserted, entitled Multimedia fluid mechanics, second edition, by G.M. Homsy, et al., originally published by Cambridge University Press, ©2007.
Includes index.
Contents:
Basic Considerations -- Introduction -- Dimensions, Units, and Physical Quantities -- Continuum View of Gases and Liquids -- Pressure and Temperature Scales -- Fluid Properties -- Conservation Laws -- Thermodynamic Properties and Relationships -- Summary -- Problems -- Fluid Statics -- Introduction -- Pressure at a Point -- Pressure Variation -- Fluids at Rest -- Linearly Accelerating Containers -- Rotating Containers -- Summary -- Problems -- Introduction to Fluids in Motion -- Introduction -- Description of Fluid Motion -- Classification of Fluid Flows -- The Bernoulli Equation -- Summary -- Problems -- The Integral Forms of the Fundamental Laws -- Introduction -- The Three Basic Laws -- System-to-Control-Volume Transformation -- Conservation of Mass.
Energy Equation -- Momentum Equation -- Moment-of-Momentum Equation -- Summary -- Problems -- The Differential Forms of the Fundamental Laws -- Introduction -- Differential Continuity Equation -- Differential Momentum Equation -- Differential Energy Equation -- Summary -- Problems -- Dimensional Analysis and Similitude -- Introduction -- Dimensional Analysis -- Similitude -- Normalized Differential Equations -- Summary -- Problems -- Internal Flows -- Introduction -- Entrance Flow and Developed Flow -- Laminar Flow in a Pipe -- Laminar Flow between Parallel Plates -- Laminar Flow between Rotating Cylinders -- Turbulent Flow in a Pipe -- Uniform Turbulent Flow in Open Channels -- Summary -- Problems -- External Flows -- Introduction -- Separation -- Flow Around Immersed Bodies -- Lift and Drag on Airfoils -- Potential-Flow Theory.
Boundary-Layer Theory -- Summary -- Problems -- Compressible Flow -- Introduction -- Speed of Sound and the Mach Number -- Isentropic Nozzle Flow -- Normal Shock Wave -- Shock Waves in Converging-Diverging Nozzles -- Vapor Flow through a Nozzle -- Oblique Shock Wave -- Isentropic Expansion Waves -- Summary -- Problems -- Flow in Open Channels -- Introduction -- Open-Channel Flows -- Uniform Flow -- Energy Concepts -- Momentum Concepts -- Nonuniform Gradually Varied Flow -- Numerical Analysis of Water Surface Profiles -- Summary -- Problems -- Flows in Piping Systems -- Introduction -- Losses in Piping Systems -- Simple Pipe Systems -- Analysis of Pipe Networks -- Unsteady Flow in Pipelines -- Summary -- Problems -- Turbomachinery -- Introduction -- Turbopumps -- Dimensional Analysis and Similitude for Turbomachinery.
Use of Turbopumps in Piping Systems -- Turbines -- Summary -- Problems -- Measurements in Fluid Mechanics -- Introduction -- Measurement of Local Flow Parameters -- Flow Rate Measurement -- Flow Visualization -- Data Acquisition and Analysis -- Summary -- Problems -- Computational Fluid Dynamics -- Introduction -- Examples of Finite-Difference Methods -- Stability, Convergence, and Error -- Solution of Couette Flow -- Solution of Two-Dimensional Steady-State Potential Flow -- Summary -- References -- Problems -- APPENDIX -- Units and Conversions and Vector Relationships -- Fluid Properties -- Properties of Areas and Volumes -- Compressible-Flow Tables for Air -- Numerical Solutions for Chapter 10 -- Numerical Solutions for Chapter 11 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- References -- General Interest.
Abstract:
'Mechanics of Fluids' presents fluid mechanics so that students gain an understanding of & an ability to analyze the important phenomena encountered by practicing engineers. The authors succeed in this through the use of several pedagogical tools that help students visualize the many difficult-to-understand phenomena of fluid mechanics.
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