Front Cover -- Introduction to Fluid Mechanics -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- PREFACE -- LIST OF SYMBOLS -- CHAPTER 1. HISTORY OF FLUID MECHANICS -- 1.1 Fluid mechanics in everyday life -- 1.2 The beginning of fluid mechanics -- CHAPTER 2. CHARACTERISTICS OF A FLUID -- 2.1 Fluid -- 2.2 Units and dimensions -- 2.3 Density, specific gravity and specific volume -- 2.4 Viscosity -- 2.5 Surface tension -- 2.6 Compressibility -- 2.7 Characteristics of a perfect gas -- 2.8 Problems -- CHAPTER 3. FLUID STATICS -- 3.1 Pressure -- 3.2 Forces acting on the vessel of liquid -- 3.3 Why does a ship float? -- 3.4 Relatively stationary state -- 3.5 Problems -- CHAPTER 4. FUNDAMENTALS OF FLOW -- 4.1 Streamline and stream tube -- 4.2 Steady flow and unsteady flow -- 4.3 Three-dimensional, two-dimensional and one-dimensional flow -- 4.4 Laminar flow and turbulent flow -- 4.5 Reynolds number -- 4.6 Incompressible and compressible fluids -- 4.7 Rotation and spinning of a liquid -- 4.8 Circulation -- 4.9 Problems -- CHAPTER 5. ONE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW: mechanism for conservation of flow properties -- 5.1 Continuity equation -- 5.2 Conservation of energy -- 5.3 Conservation of momentum -- 5.4 Conservation of angular momentum -- 5.5 Problems -- CHAPTER 6. FLOW OF VISCOUS FLUID -- 6.1 Continuity equation -- 6.2 Navier-Stokes equation -- 6.3 Velocity distribution of laminar flow -- 6.4 Velocity distribution of turbulent flow -- 6.5 Boundary layer -- 6.6 Theory of lubrication -- 6.7 Problems -- CHAPTER 7. FLOW IN PIPES -- 7.1 Flow in the inlet region -- 7.2 Loss by pipe friction -- 7.3 Frictional loss on pipes other than circular pipes -- 7.4 Various losses in pipe lines -- 7.5 Pumping to higher levels -- 7.6 Problems -- CHAPTER 8. FLOW IN A WATER CHANNEL -- 8.1 Flow in an open channel with constant section and flow velocity.

8.2 Best section shape of an open channel -- 8.3 Specific energy -- 8.4 Constant discharge -- 8.5 Constant specific energy -- 8.6 Constant water depth -- 8.7 Hydraulic jump -- 8.8 Problems -- CHAPTER 9. DRAG AND LIFT -- 9.1 Flows around a body -- 9.2 Forces acting on a body -- 9.3 The drag of a body -- 9.4 The lift of a body -- 9.5 Cavitation -- 9.6 Problems -- CHAPTER 10. DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS AND LAW OF SIMILARITY -- 10.1 Dimensional analysis -- 10.2 Buckingham's π theorem -- 10.3 Application examples of dimensional analysis -- 10.4 Law of similarity -- 10.5 Problems -- CHAPTER 11. MEASUREMENT OF FLOW VELOCITY AND FLOW RATE -- 11.1 Measurement of flow velocity -- 11.2 Measurement of flow discharge -- 11.3 Problems -- CHAPTER 12. FLOW OF AN IDEAL FLUID -- 12.1 Euler's equation of motion -- 12.2 Velocity potential -- 12.3 Stream function -- 12.4 Complex potential -- 12.5 Example of potential flow -- 12.6 Conformal mapping -- 12.7 Problems -- CHAPTER 13. FLOW OF A COMPRESSIBLE FLUID -- 13.1 Thermodynamical characteristics -- 13.2 Sonic velocity -- 13.3 Mach number -- 13.4 Basic equations for one-dimensional compressible flow -- 13.5 Isentropic flow -- 13.6 Shock waves -- 13.7 Fanno flow and Rayleigh flow -- 13.8 Problems -- CHAPTER 14. UNSTEADY FLOW -- 14.1 Vibration of liquid column in U-tube -- 14.2 Propagation of pressure in pipe line -- 14.3 Transitional change in flow quantity in a pipe line -- 14.4 Velocity of pressure wave in a pipe line -- 14.5 Water hammer -- 14.6 Problems -- CHAPTER 15. COMPUTATlONAL FLUID DYNAMICS -- 15.1 Finite difference method -- 15.2 Finite volume method -- 15.3 Finite element method -- 15.4 Boundary element method -- CHAPTER 16. FLOW VISUALISATION -- 16.1 Classification of techniques -- 16.2 Experimental visualisation methods -- 16.3 Computer-aided visualisation methods -- ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS -- INDEX.