
Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
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Key Features
- Introduces the concepts through everyday examples before moving on to the more invoved mathematics
- Various theories of flow are applied to real phenomena and illustrated with numerous figures and photographs
- Includes examples from a bread range of engineering disciplines
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Table of Contents
History of fluid mechanics
Fluid properties and definitions
Fluid statics
Fundamentals of flow
One-dimensional flow (mechanism for conservation of flow properties)
Viscous flow
Pipe flow
Open channel flow
Drag and lift
Dimensional analysis and law of similarity
Measurement of flow velocity and flow rate
Flow of ideal fluid
Compressible flow
Unsteady flow
Flow visualisation
Computational fluid dynamics
Product details
- No. of pages: 344
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Butterworth-Heinemann 1998
- Published: December 31, 1998
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- eBook ISBN: 9780080523910
About the Author
Yasuki Nakayama
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