Introduction to Fluid Mechanics Book

1 Introduction 1

2 Fundamental Concepts 19

3 Fluid Statics 52

4 Basic Equations in Integral Form for a Control Volume 92

5 Introduction to Differential Analysis of Fluid Motion 161

6 Incompressible Inviscid Flow 215

7 Dimensional Analysis and Similitude 268

8 Internal Incompressible Viscous Flow 302

9 External Incompressible Viscous Flow 389

10 Fluid Machinery 457

11 Open Channel Flow 546

12 Introduction to Compressible Flow 581

13 Compressible Flow 609

Appendix A Fluid Property Data 698

Appendix B Equations of Motion in Cylindrical Coordinates 710

Appendix C Videos for Fluid Mechanics 711

Appendix D Selected Performance Curves for Pumps and Fans 714

Appendix E Tables for Computation of Compressible Flow 725

Appendix F Analysis of Experimental Uncertainty 736

Appendix G SI Units, Prefixes, and Conversion Factors 743

Appendix H A Brief Review of Microsoft Excel (On the Web) 744

Index 745