This ninth edition adds a section examining the modern context of fluid mechanics and associated issues including climate change, new forms of energy generation, and fresh water conservation.
1. Fundamental Concepts
2. Fluid Statics
3. The Principles Governing Fluids in Motion
4. The Momentum Equation
5. Physical Similarity and Dimensional Analysis
6. Laminar Flow Between Solid Boundaries
7. Flow and Losses in Pipes and Fittings
8. Boundary Layers, Wakes and Other Shear Layers
9. The Flow of an Inviscid Fluid
10. Flow with a Free Surface
11. Compressible Flow of Gases
12. Unsteady Flow
13. Fluid Machines
14. Fluid Mechanics in a Changing World
Appendix 1: Units and Conversion Factors
Appendix 2: Physical Constants and Properties of Fluids
Appendix 3: Tables of Gas Flow Functions
Appendix 4: Algebraic Symbols
Answers to Problems
Biography
John Ward-Smith was Senior Lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering Department and Senior Research Fellow in Biomechanics in the Department of Sport Sciences at Brunel University, UK.
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