PRINCIPLES OF FLUID MECHANICS fundamentals, statics and dynamics of fluids.

Preface to the 11th Edition
From the Preface of the 1st Edition
Contents
About the Authors
List of Figures
1: Introduction, Overview and Basics
	1.1	 Theoretical, Mainly Mathematical Fluid Mechanics
	1.2	 Engineering Fluid Mechanics or Hydraulics
2: Properties of Fluids
	2.1	 Molecular Composition: Microstructure
	2.2	 Resistance to Deformation (Elasticity, Viscosity)
	2.3	 Gas Kinetic Explanation of Internal Friction
	2.4	 Volume Change and Equation of State for Gases
	2.5	 Surface or Interfacial Tension and Capillarity
3: Hydro- and Aerostatics
	3.1	 Liquid Pressure p
	3.2	 Fluid Pressure in Force Fields
	3.3	 Pressure Force on Flat Container Walls
	3.4	 Hydrostatic Buoyancy. Pressure Force on Curved Surfaces
4: Hydro- and Aerodynamics
	4.1	 Flow Filament Theory
		4.1.1	 Basic Concepts
		4.1.2	 Basic Equations of the Flow Filament Theory
		4.1.3	 Flow Filament Theory in Detail
			4.1.3.1	 Movement on Concentric Circular Paths (Vortices)
			4.1.3.2	 Vortex Source or Vortex Sink Flow
			4.1.3.3	 Rotational Movement Taking into Account Gravity
			4.1.3.4	 Different Pressure Terms and Their Measurement
			4.1.3.5	 Discharge from a Container
			4.1.3.6	 Gasdynamic Considerations. The Flow in the Laval Nozzle. The Normal Shock
	4.2	 Frictionless, Plane and Spatial Flows
		4.2.1	 Continuity (=Conservation of Mass)
		4.2.2	 Euler’s Equations of Motion
		4.2.3	 Plane, Stationary, Incompressible Potential Flow
		4.2.4	 Examples of Elementary and Composite Potential Flows
		4.2.5	 Potential Flows Around Given Bodies
	4.3	 Flow with Friction
		4.3.1	 Momentum Theorem with Applications
			4.3.1.1	 Flow Through a Manifold
			4.3.1.2	 Free-Blowing Nozzle and Diffuser
			4.3.1.3	 Carnot Shock Diffuser
			4.3.1.4	 Borda -orifice
			4.3.1.5	 Thrust of an Air-Breathing Engine
			4.3.1.6	 Resistance of a Half-Body in the Channel
		4.3.2	 Angular Momentum Theorem with Application
			4.3.2.1	 Flow Through a Radial Impeller
		4.3.3	 Basics of the Influence of Friction: Similarity Parameters
		4.3.4	 Laminar and Turbulent Flow
		4.3.5	 Velocity Distribution and Pressure Drop in Circular Pipes with Laminar and Turbulent Flow
		4.3.6	 Laminar and Turbulent Flow Through Rough Pipes (Nikuradse Diagram)
		4.3.7	 Flow in the Inlet Section
		4.3.8	 Velocity Fluctuations and Apparent Shear Stresses
		4.3.9	 Prandtl’s Mixing Length Approach for the Fluctuation Velocities
		4.3.10	 General Form of the Navier-Stokes Equations
		4.3.11	 Special Solutions of the Navier-Stokes Equations
		4.3.12	 Introduction to Boundary Layer Theory
		4.3.13	 Energy Theorem
		4.3.14	 Dissipation and Viscous Potential Flows
		4.3.15	 Resistance and Pressure Drop
		4.3.16	 Similarity Considerations
5: In-Depth Exercises
	5.1	 Task: Flow into a Submersible Tank (Sinking Ship)
	5.2	 Task: Oscillating Liquid Column (U-Tube Manometer)
	5.3	 Task: Time-Dependent Outflow from a Vessel (Start-Up Flow)
	5.4	 Task: General Outflow Problem
	5.5	 Task: Generalized Overflow Problem
	5.6	 Task: Wind Turbine
	5.7	 Task: Frictional Resistance in the Flow Around a Flat Plate
	5.8	 Task: Suddenly Accelerated Plate (Rayleigh-Stokes Problem)
	5.9	 Task: Compressible Inflow and Outflow
	5.10	 Task: Laval Nozzle Flow
	5.11	 Task: Speed During Free Fall (Parachutist)
	5.12	 Task: Lift Coefficients of Aircraft (Take-Off and Cruise)
	5.13	 Task: Water Jet Pump
	5.14	 Task: Anemometer
	5.15	 Task: Vortex Flow in the Cylinder Gap
	5.16	 Task: Source/Sink Flow in the Cylinder Gap
Dimensions and Units of the Most Important Occurring Quantities
Literature
General Fluid Mechanics
Subfields of Fluid Mechanics
Index