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This ninth edition adds a section examining the modern context of fluid mechanics and associated issues including climate change, new forms of energy generation, and fresh water conservation.

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1. Fundamental Concepts 2. Fluid Statics 3. The Principles Governing Fluids in Motion 4. The Momentum Equation 5. Physical Similarity and Dimensional Analysis 6. Laminar Flow Between Solid Boundaries 7. Flow and Losses in Pipes and Fittings 8. Boundary Layers, Wakes and Other Shear Layers 9. The Flow of an Inviscid Fluid 10. Flow with a Free Surface 11. Compressible Flow of Gases 12. Unsteady Flow 13. Fluid Machines 14. Fluid Mechanics in a Changing World Appendix 1: Units and Conversion Factors Appendix 2: Physical Constants and Properties of Fluids Appendix 3: Tables of Gas Flow Functions Appendix 4: Algebraic Symbols Answers to Problems

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      Publisher CRC Press
      Published 8/19/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780415602600
      978-0415602600
      ISBN-10 0415602602
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      Technology, Engineering & Agriculture Civil engineering, surveying and building Engineering: Mechanics of fluids Mechanical engineering

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This ninth edition adds a section examining the modern context of fluid mechanics and associated issues including climate change, new forms of energy generation, and fresh water conservation.

      Table of Contents

      1. Fundamental Concepts 2. Fluid Statics 3. The Principles Governing Fluids in Motion 4. The Momentum Equation 5. Physical Similarity and Dimensional Analysis 6. Laminar Flow Between Solid Boundaries 7. Flow and Losses in Pipes and Fittings 8. Boundary Layers, Wakes and Other Shear Layers 9. The Flow of an Inviscid Fluid 10. Flow with a Free Surface 11. Compressible Flow of Gases 12. Unsteady Flow 13. Fluid Machines 14. Fluid Mechanics in a Changing World Appendix 1: Units and Conversion Factors Appendix 2: Physical Constants and Properties of Fluids Appendix 3: Tables of Gas Flow Functions Appendix 4: Algebraic Symbols Answers to Problems

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