FLUID MECHANICS Introduction

Abstract

Preface. Preface to the First Edition. 1. Some Basic Facts About Fluid Mechanics 1.1 General Description. 1.2 Fluids and the Continuum. 1.3 Dimensions and Units. 1.4 Law of Dimensional Homogeneity. 1.5 The Perfect Gas: Equation of State. 1.6 Regimes of Fluid Mechanics. 1.7 Fluid Statics. Summary. Problems. 2. Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Properties of Fluids. 2.3 Thermodynamic Properties. 2.4 Surface Tension. 2.5 Analysis of Fluid Flow. 2.6 Basic and Subsidiary Laws for Continuous Media. 2.7 Kinematics of Fluid Flow. 2.8 Stream Function. 2.9 Potential Flow. 2.10 Combination of Simple Flows. 2.11 Flow Past a Circular Cylinder. 2.12 Viscous Flows. 2.13 Gas Dynamics. Summary. Problems. 3. Dimensional Analysis and Similarity 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Dimensionless Groups. 3.3 Dimensional Homogeneity Principle. 3.4 Buckingham's p-theorem. 3.5 Dimensionless Group in Fluid Dynamics. 3.6 Calculation of the Dimensionless Groups. 3.7 Similarity. 3.8 Relationship Between Dimen-sional Analysis and Similarity. 3.9 Similarity Requirements from the Equations of Flow. 3.10 Scale Factors. Summary. Problems. 4. Boundary Layer 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Boundary Layer Development. 4.3 Boundary Layer Thickness. 4.4 Boundary Layer Flow. 4.5 Boundary Layer Solutions. 4.6 Momentum-Integral Estimates. 4.7 Boundary Layer Equations. 4.8 Flat Plate Boundary Layer. 4.9 Turbulent Boundary Layer for Incompressible Flow Along a Flat Plate. 4.10 Flows with Pressure Gradient. 4.11 Laminar Integral Theory. Summary. Problems. Bibliography. Index.