Fluid Mechanics DeMYSTiFied | DeMystified

Fluid Mechanics DeMYSTiFied

Authors: Merle Potter

Published: May 2009

eISBN: 9780071626828 0071626824 | ISBN: 9780071626811

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 The Essentials

1.1 Dimensions, Units, and Physical Quantities

1.2 Gases and Liquids

1.3 Pressure and Temperature

1.4 Properties of Fluids

1.5 Thermodynamic Properties and Relationships

Quiz No. 1

Quiz No. 2

Chapter 2 Fluid Statics

2.1 Pressure Variation

2.2 Manometers

2.3 Forces on Plane and Curved Surfaces

2.4 Accelerating Containers

Quiz No. 1

Quiz No. 2

Chapter 3 Fluids in Motion

3.1 Fluid Motion

3.2 Classification of Fluid Flows

3.3 Bernoulli’s Equation

Quiz No. 1

Quiz No. 2

Chapter 4 The Integral Equations

4.1 System-to-Control-Volume Transformation

4.2 Continuity Equation

4.3 The Energy Equation

4.4 The Momentum Equation

Quiz No. 1

Quiz No. 2

Chapter 5 The Differential Equations

5.1 The Boundary-Value Problem

5.2 The Differential Continuity Equation

5.3 The Navier-Stokes Equations

5.4 The Differential Energy Equation

Quiz No. 1

Quiz No. 2

Chapter 6 Dimensional Analysis and Similitude

6.1 Dimensional Analysis

6.2 Similitude

Quiz No. 1

Quiz No. 2

Chapter 7 Internal Flows

7.1 Entrance Flow

7.2 Laminar Flow in a Pipe

7.3 Laminar Flow Between Parallel Plates

7.4 Laminar Flow Between Rotating Cylinders

7.5 Turbulent Flow in a Pipe

7.6 Open Channel Flow

Quiz No. 1

Quiz No. 2

Chapter 8 External Flows

8.1 Basics

8.2 Flow Around Blunt Bodies

8.3 Flow Around Airfoils

8.4 Potential Flow

8.5 Boundary-Layer Flow

Quiz No. 1

Quiz No. 2

Chapter 9 Compressible Flows

9.1 Basics

9.2 Speed of Sound

9.3 Isentropic Nozzle Flow

9.4 Normal Shock Waves

9.5 Oblique Shock Waves

9.6 Expansion Waves

Quiz No. 1

Quiz No. 2

Appendix A: Units and Conversions

Appendix B: Vector Relationships

Appendix C: Fluid Properties

Appendix D: Compressible Flow Table for Air

Final Exams

Solutions to Quizzes and Final Exams

Index