Cover -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction to Fluid Flows -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Fluids -- 1.3 Viscosity -- 1.4 Effect of Viscosity -- 1.5 Forces in Fluides -- 1.6 Fluid-Flow Phenomena -- 1.7 Flow Past A Circular Cylinder -- 1.8 Flow Through A Pipe -- 1.9 Concept of Continuum -- Problems -- Chapter 2 Forces in Stationary Fluids -- 2.1 Pressure -- 2.2 Pressure Force on A Fluid Element -- 2.3 Basic Equation of Fluid Statics -- 2.4 Hydrostatic Pressure Distribution -- 2.5 Pressure Variations in the Atmosphere -- 2.6 Hydrostatic Forces on Submerged Surfaces -- 2.7 Buoyancy -- 2.8 Stability of Floating Bodies -- 2.9 Surface Tension -- Problems -- Chapter 3 Description and Analysis of Fluid Motion -- 3.1 Description of Properties in A Moving Fluid -- 3.2 Relation Between the Local and the Material Rates of Change -- 3.3 Steady and Unsteady Velocity Fields -- 3.4 Graphical Description of Fluid Motion -- 3.5 Analysis in Fluid Mechanics -- 3.6 Control Mass Analysis -- 3.7 Control Volume Analysis -- 3.8 Reynolds Transport Theorem -- 3.9 Integral and Differential Analysis -- Problems -- Chapter 4 Conservation of Mass -- 4.1 Equation for the Conservation of Mass for Control Volumes -- 4.2 Special Forms of the Mass Conservation Equation -- 4.3 Stream Function -- 4.4 Differential Form of the Continuity Equation -- Problems -- Chapter 5 Momentum Theorems -- 5.1 External Forces -- 5.2 Momentum Theorem -- 5.3 Momentum Correction Factor -- 5.4 Moment of Momentum Equation -- Problems -- Chapter 6 Equation of Motion -- 6.1 Equation of Motion -- 6.2 Stress at a Point -- 6.3 Rate of Deformation of a Fluid Element -- 6.4 Stresses in Newtonian Fluids -- 6.5 Equation of Motion for Incompressible Fluids -- 6.6 Boundary Conditions in Viscous Flows -- 6.7 Equation of Motion for Steady Non-Viscous Flows in Natural Coordinates -- Problems -- Chapter 7 Energy Equations.

7.1 First Law of Thermodynamics -- 7.2 Work Done by Surface Forces -- 7.3 The Energy Equation -- 7.4 Special Cases -- 7.5 Energy Equation for a Streamtube-Bernoulli Equation -- 7.6 Pressure Variations Normal to Streamlines -- Problems -- Chapter 8 Some Engineering Applications-I -- 8.1 Turbojet Engine -- 8.2 Propellers and Windmills -- 8.3 Turbomachinery -- 8.4 Pelton Wheel Turbine-An Impulse Machine -- 8.5 A Centrifugal Blower-A Reaction Machine -- 8.6 Ground Effect Machines - Hovercrafts -- 8.7 Flow Measuring Devices -- Chapter 9 Similitude and Modelling -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 The First Technique -- 9.3 The Second Technique -- 9.4 Simplifications Resulting From the Use of Dimensionless Variables -- Problems -- Chapter 10 Some Engineering Applications-II -- 10.1 Flow through Pipes -- 10.2 Non-Dimensional Formulation of the Pipe-Flow Problem -- 10.3 Other Forms of the Moody Chart -- 10.4 Head Losses in Pipe Fittings -- 10.5 Performance Characteristics of Turbomachinery -- 10.6 Classification of Turbomachinery -- Problems -- Chapter 11 Approximations in Fluid Mechanics -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Order of Magnitude Estimates -- 11.3 Basis of Approximations -- 11.4 Low Reynolds Number Flows -- 11.5 High Reynolds Number Flow-The Inviscid Approximation -- 11.6 Boundary Layers in High Reynolds Number Flows -- 11.7 Approximations in Unsteady Flows -- Problems -- Chapter 12 Inviscid Flows -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Irrotational Flows -- 12.3 Circulation -- 12.4 Velocity Potential -- 12.5 Equations Governing Potential Flows -- 12.6 Some Simple 2-D Potential Flows -- 12.7 Some Potential Flow Solutions by Superposition -- 12.8 Robins-Magnus Effect -- Problems -- Chapter 13 Boundary Layers -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Prandtl Boundary-Layer Equations -- 13.3 Boundary Layer on a Flat Plate.

13.4 Approximate Solution of a Boundary-Layer Equations- Integral Method -- 13.5 Turbulent Boundary Layers -- 13.6 Boundary-Layer Separation -- 13.7 Drag on Bodies Moving Through Fluids -- 13.8 Streamlining -- 13.9 Boundary-Layer Control -- Problems -- Chapter 14 Some Engineering Applications-III -- 14.1 Lifting Surfaces -- 14.2 Origins of Lift -- 14.3 Propellers -- 14.4 Hydrofoils -- 14.5 Modelling of Drag on Ships -- 14.6 Fluidics -- Problems -- Chapter 15 Effects of Compressibility -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Velocity of Weak Pressure Waves -- 15.3 Consequences of Finite Wave Speed -- 15.4 Stagnation Properties -- 15.5 Steady Inviscid Compressible Flow in a Channel of Slowly Varying Cross-Section -- 15.6 Normal Shock -- 15.7 Flight of Bodies through a Compressible Fluid -- Problems -- Chapter 16 Introduction to Turbulent Flows -- 16.1 Nature of Turbulence -- 16.2 Structure of Turbulent Flows -- 16.3 Origin of Turbulence -- 16.4 Reynolds Stresses -- 16.5 Turbulent Flow Near a Wall -- 16.6 Turbulent Boundary Layers -- Epilogue -- Further Reading -- Appendix A : Units and Dimensions -- Appendix B : Some Useful Formulae -- Appendix C : Dimensional Analysis -- Appendix D : Properties of Fluids -- Answers to Problems -- Index.