Fluid Mechanics [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911007080303321
• Autore: Granger Robert A
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Newburyport, : Dover Publications, 2012
• ISBN: 0-486-13505-5; 1-62198-654-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1587 p.)
• Collana: Dover Books on Physics
• Disciplina: 620.1/06
• Soggetti: Fluid mechanics; Civil & Environmental Engineering; Engineering & Applied Sciences; Civil Engineering
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: DOVER BOOKS ON PHYSICS; Title Page; Dedication; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface to the Dover Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Chapter 1 - Format and Fundamentals; 1.1 Introduction: A Survey of Fluid Mechanics; 1.2 Format of This Text; 1.3 Fundamental Quantities, Units; 1.4 Fundamental Idealizations; 1.5 Fundamental Coordinates; 1.6 Fundamental Kinematic Field; 1.7 Fundamental Descriptions: Lagrange versus Euler Description; References; Study Questions; Problems; Chapter 2 - Description of Fluids; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 What Is a Fluid?; 2.3 Classification of Fluid Flows; 2.4 Properties of FluidsReferences; Study Questions; Problems; Chapter 3 - A erohydrostatics; 3.1 Hydrostatics; 3.2 Uniform Acceleration; 3.3 Aerostatics; 3.4 Forces on Planar Bodies; 3.5 Hydrostatic Forces on Curved Bodies; 3.6 Buoyant Forces on Submerged Bodies; 3.7 Initial Stability of Floating and Submerged Ships; Study Questions; Problems; Chapter 4 - Differential Forms of Fluid Behavior; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 General Property Balance; 4.3 The Differential Form of the Conservation of Mass; 4.4 The Differential Form of the Conservation of Linear Momentum; 4.5 The Differential Form of the Conservation of Energy4.6 Air as an Incompressible and/or Inviscid Fluid; References; Study Questions; ; Problems; Chapter 5 - Integrated Forms of Fluid Behavior; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Integral Form of the Conservation of Mass; 5.3 The Integral Form of the Conservation of Linear Momentum; 5.4 The Integral Form of the Conservation of Angular Momentum; 5.5 The Integral Form of the Conservation of Energy; Study Questions; Problems; Chapter 6 - Recapitulation; 6.1 Summary; 6.2 Special Forms of the Governing Equations; 6.3 Problem-Solving Technique; 6.4 Examples of Problem-Solving TechniqueChapter 7 - Dimensional Analysis and Similitude; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Dimensional Analysis; 7.3 Buckingham Pi Theorem; 7.4 The Rayleigh Method; 7.5 Dimensionless Parameters; 7.6 Similitude; 7.7 Similarity Solutions and Transformations; 7.8 Geometric and Dynamic Similitude; 7.9 Modeling; 7.10 Drag; 7.11 Lift; 7.12 Vorticity Effect in Lift and Drag; References; Study Questions; Problems; Chapter 8 - Flow Visualization; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Equation of a Streamline; 8.3 Stream Function, ψ; 8.4 Visualization Techniques; References; Study Questions; ProblemsChapter 9 - Viscous Fluid Flows; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Rectilinear Flow Between Parallel Plates; 9.3 Suddenly Accelerated Flat Plate in a Viscous Fluid; 9.4 Rotational Viscous Flows; References; Study Questions; Problems; Chapter 10 - Laminar Pipe Flow; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Description of the Physical Phenomenon; 10.3 Equations of Motion for Laminar Flow in a Pipe; 10.4 The Moody Diagram; 10.5 Minor Losses; 10.6 Energy Equation for Real Fluid Flow in a Pipe; 10.7 Examples of Pipe Flow; References; Study Questions; Problems; Chapter 11 - Turbulent Pipe Flow; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Detecting Turbulence
• Sommario/riassunto: ""The mixture of prose, mathematics, and beautiful illustrations is particularly well chosen."" - American ScientistThis monumental text by a noted authority in the field is specially designed to provide an orderly structured introduction to fluid mechanics, a field all too often seen by students as an amorphous mass of disparate equations instead of the coherent body of theory and application it should be. In addition, the book will help upgrade students' mathematical skills as they learn the fundamentals of fluid mechanics.The text presents a unified method of analysis that poses fluid mech