Acknowledgments

1. The Nature of Fluids and the Study of Fluid Mechanics

2. Viscosity of Fluids

3. Pressure Measurement

4. Forces Due to Static Fluids

5. Buoyancy and Stability

6. Flow of Fluids and Bernoulli’s Equation

7. General Energy Equation

8. Reynolds Number, Laminar Flow, Turbulent Flow, and Energy Losses Due to Friction

9. Velocity Profiles for Circular Sections and Flow in Noncircular Sections

10. Minor Losses

11. Series Pipeline Systems

12. Parallel and Branching Pipeline Systems

13. Pump Selection and Application

14. Open-Channel Flow

15. Flow Measurement

16. Forces Due to Fluids in Motion

17. Drag and Lift

18. Fans, Blowers, Compressors, and the Flow of Gases

19. Flow of Air in Ducts

Appendices

Answers to Selected Problems

Index