Introduction to Fluid Mechanics

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Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
by Nakayama, Y.; Boucher, R.F. © 2000; Butterworth-Heinemann | Title Details | Ordering Info

Introduces students/engineers to fluid mechanics by making explanations easy to understand, including recent information and comparing the theories with actual phenomena.

	•	Front Matter				Text

	•	Preface				Text

	•	Table of Contents				Text

	•	List of Symbols				Text

		1. History of Fluid Mechanics				Text

		2. Characteristics of a Fluid				Text

		3. Fluid Statics				Text

	•	3.1 Pressure				Text

	•	3.2 Forces Acting on the Vessel of Liquid				Text

	•	3.3 Why Does a Ship Float?				Text

	•	3.4 Relatively Stationary State				Text

	•	3.5 Problems				Text

		4. Fundamentals of Flow				Text

		5. One-Dimensional Flow: Mechanism for Conservation of Flow Properties				Text

		6. Flow of Viscous Fluid				Text

		7. Flow in Pipes				Text

		8. Flow in a Water Channel				Text

		9. Drag and Lift				Text

		10. Dimensional Analysis and Law of Similarity				Text

		11. Measurement of Flow Velocity and Flow Rate				Text

		12. Flow of an Ideal Fluid				Text

		13. Flow of a Compressible Fluid				Text

		14. Unsteady Flow				Text

		15. Computational Fluid Dynamics				Text

		16. Flow Visualisation				Text

	•	Answers to Problems				Text

	•	Index				Text

	•	Color Plates				Text