The engineering student survival guide

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Preface......Page 6
Textbook Table of Contents......Page 10
1.1 Preliminary Remarks......Page 14
1.2 The Concept of a Fluid......Page 15
1.3 The Fluid as a Continuum......Page 17
1.4 Dimensions and Units......Page 18
1.5 Properties of the Velocity Field......Page 25
1.6 Thermodynamic Properties of a Fluid......Page 27
1.7 Viscosity and Other Secondary Properties......Page 33
1.8 Basic Flow-Analysis Techniques......Page 46
1.9 Flow Patterns: Streamlines, Streaklines, and Pathlines......Page 48
1.10 The Engineering Equation Solver......Page 52
1.11 Uncertainty of Experimental Data......Page 53
1.12 The Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Examination......Page 54
1.14 History and Scope of Fluid Mechanics......Page 55
Fundamentals of Engineering Exam Problems......Page 64
2.1 Pressure and Pressure Gradient......Page 69
2.2 Equilibrium of a Fluid Element......Page 71
2.3 Hydrostatic Pressure Distributions......Page 73
2.4 Application to Manometry......Page 80
2.5 Hydrostatic Forces on Plane Surfaces......Page 84
2.6 Hydrostatic Forces on Curved Surfaces......Page 89
2.7 Hydrostatic Forces in Layered Fluids......Page 92
2.8 Buoyancy and Stability......Page 94
2.9 Pressure Distribution in Rigid-Body Motion......Page 99
2.10 Pressure Measurement......Page 107
Fundamentals of Engineering Exam Problems......Page 135
3.1 Basic Physical Laws of Fluid Mechanics......Page 139
3.2 The Reynolds Transport Theorem......Page 143
3.3 Conservation of Mass......Page 151
3.4 The Linear Momentum Equation......Page 156
3.5 The Angular-Momentum Theorem......Page 168
3.6 The Energy Equation......Page 173
3.7 Frictionless Flow: The Bernoulli Equation......Page 184
Fundamentals of Engineering Exam Problems......Page 220
4.1 The Acceleration Field of a Fluid......Page 225
4.2 The Differential Equation of Mass Conservation......Page 227
4.3 The Differential Equation of Linear Momentum......Page 233
4.4 The Differential Equation of Angular Momentum......Page 240
4.5 The Differential Equation of Energy......Page 241
4.6 Boundary Conditions for the Basic Equations......Page 244
4.7 The Stream Function......Page 248
4.8 Vorticity and Irrotationality......Page 255
4.9 Frictionless Irrotational Flows......Page 257
4.10 Some Illustrative Plane Potential Flows......Page 262
4.11 Some Illustrative Incompressible Viscous Flows......Page 268
Fundamentals of Engineering Exam Problems......Page 283
5.1 Introduction......Page 286
5.2 The Principle of Dimensional Homogeneity......Page 289
5.3 The Pi Theorem......Page 295
5.4 Nondimensionalization of the Basic Equations......Page 301
5.5 Modeling and Its Pitfalls......Page 310
Fundamentals of Engineering Exam Problems......Page 328
6.1 Reynolds-Number Regimes......Page 333
6.2 Internal versus External Viscous Flows......Page 338
6.3 Semiempirical Turbulent Shear Correlations......Page 341
6.4 Flow in a Circular Pipe......Page 346
6.5 Three Types of Pipe-Flow Problems......Page 359
6.6 Flow in Noncircular Ducts......Page 365
6.7 Minor Losses in Pipe Systems......Page 375
6.8 Multiple-Pipe Systems......Page 383
6.9 Experimental Duct Flows: Diffuser Performance......Page 389
6.10 Fluid Meters......Page 393
Fundamentals of Engineering Exam Problems......Page 428
7.1 Reynolds-Number and Geometry Effects......Page 434
7.2 Momentum-Integral Estimates......Page 438
7.3 The Boundary-Layer Equations......Page 441
7.4 The Flat-Plate Boundary Layer......Page 443
7.5 Boundary Layers with Pressure Gradient......Page 452
7.6 Experimental External Flows......Page 458
Fundamentals of Engineering Exam Problems......Page 496
8.1 Introduction and Review......Page 501
8.2 Elementary Plane-Flow Solutions......Page 504
8.3 Superposition of Plane-Flow Solutions......Page 506
8.4 Plane Flow Past Closed-Body Shapes......Page 513
8.5 Other Plane Potential Flows......Page 522
8.6 Images......Page 527
8.7 Airfoil Theory......Page 529
8.8 Axisymmetric Potential Flow......Page 540
8.9 Numerical Analysis......Page 546
9.1 Introduction......Page 576
9.2 The Speed of Sound......Page 580
9.3 Adiabatic and Isentropic Steady Flow......Page 583
9.4 Isentropic Flow with Area Changes......Page 588
9.5 The Normal-Shock Wave......Page 595
9.6 Operation of Converging and Diverging Nozzles......Page 603
9.7 Compressible Duct Flow with Friction......Page 608
9.8 Frictionless Duct Flow with Heat Transfer......Page 618
9.9 Two-Dimensional Supersonic Flow......Page 623
9.10 Prandtl-Meyer Expansion Waves......Page 633
Fundamentals of Engineering Exam Problems......Page 658
10.1 Introduction......Page 663
10.2 Uniform Flow; the Chézy Formula......Page 668
10.3 Efficient Uniform-Flow Channels......Page 673
10.4 Specific Energy; Critical Depth......Page 675
10.5 The Hydraulic Jump......Page 682
10.6 Gradually Varied Flow......Page 686
10.7 Flow Measurement and Control by Weirs......Page 691
Fundamentals of Engineering Exam Problems......Page 711
11.1 Introduction and Classification......Page 714
11.2 The Centrifugal Pump......Page 717
11.3 Pump Performance Curves and Similarity Rules......Page 723
11.4 Mixed- and Axial-Flow Pumps: The Specific Speed......Page 732
11.5 Matching Pumps to System Characteristics......Page 738
11.6 Turbines......Page 745
End of Book......Page 772