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Book SynopsisThe mechanics of fluid flow is a fundamental engineering discipline explaining both natural phenomena and human-induced processes, and a thorough understanding of it is central to the operations of the oil and gas industry.
Table of ContentsPreface 13
Part I. Fundamentals of the Mechanics of Continua 15
I. Basic Concepts of the Mechanics of Continua 15
II. Conservation Laws. Integral and Differential Equations of Continuous Medium 27
III. Continuous Medium Deformation Rate 45
IV. Liquids 57
V. Basics of the Dimensionality and Conformity Theory 73
Part II. Hydromechanics 91
VI. Hydrostatics 91
VII. Flow of Ideal Fluid 105
VIII. Parallel-Plane Flows of Ideal Incompressible Fluid 135
IX. Flow of Viscous Incompressible Fluid in Prismatic Tubes 153
X. Turbulent Flow of Fluids in Pipes 165
XI. Hydraulic Calculation for Pipelines 179
XII. Fluid’s Outflow from Orifices and Nozzles 191
XIII. Non-Stationary Flow of Viscous Fluid in Tubes 201
XIV. Laminar Boundary Layer 233
XV. Unidimensional Gas Flows 243
XVI. Laminar Flow of Non-Newtonian Fluids 277
XVII. Two-Phase Flow in Pipes 299
Part III. Oil and Gas Subsurface Hydromechanics 317
XVIII. Main Definitions and Concepts of Fluid and Gas Flow, Darcy’s Law and Experiment 317
XIX. Mathematical Models of Uniphase Filtration 345
XX. Unidimensional Transient-Free Filtration of Incompressible Fluid and Gas in an Uniform Porous Medium 363
XXI. Unidemensional Filtration of Incompressible Liquid and Gas in a Nonuniform Reservoirs Under Darcy’s Law 395
XXII. Flat Transient-Free Filtration Flows 409
XXIII. Non-Stationary Flow of an Elastic Fluid in an Elastic Reservoir 427
XXIV. Non-Stationary Flow of Gas in a Porous Medium 469
XXV. Filtration of Non-Newtonian Liquid 489
XXVI. Liquid and Gas Flow in Fractured and Fractured-Porous Media 513
Appendix A 537
References 555
Subject Index 565
