Schaum’s Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics, Third Edition
by: Ranald Giles, Jack Evett, Cheng Liu
Abstract: Confusing Textbooks? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time? Fortunately for you, there’s Schaum’s Outlines. More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum’s to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum’s is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get hundreds of examples, solved problems, and practice exercises to test your skills. This Schaum’s Outline gives you practice problems with full explanations that reinforce knowledge, coverage of the most up-to-date developments in your course field and in-depth review of practices and applications. Fully compatible with your classroom text, Schaum’s highlights all the important facts you need to know. Use Schaum’s to shorten your study time-and get your best test scores! Schaum’s Outlines-Problem Solved.
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Table of Contents
- A. Preface
- B. Symbols and Abbreviations
- 1. Properties of Fluids
- 2. Fluid Statics
- 3. Hydrostatic Force on Surfaces
- 4. Buoyancy and Flotation
- 5. Translation and Rotation of Liquid Masses
- 6. Dimensional Analysis and Hydraulic Similitude
- 7. Fundamentals of Fluid Flow
- 8. Flow in Closed Conduits
- 9. Complex Pipeline Systems
- 10. Flow in Open Channels
- 11. Flow of Compressible Fluids
- 12. Measurement of Flow of Fluids
- 13. Forces Developed by Moving Fluids
- 14. Fluid Machinery
- A. Tables and Diagrams
Curriculum Maps
Tools & Media
Expanded Table of Contents
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A.
Preface
- B. Symbols and Abbreviations
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1.
Properties of Fluids
- FLUID MECHANICS AND HYDRAULICS
- DEFINITION OF A FLUID
- BRITISH ENGINEERING (OR FPS) SYSTEM OF UNITS
- INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS (SI)
- SPECIFIC OR UNIT WEIGHT
- MASS DENSITY OF A BODY
- SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF A BODY
- VISCOSITY OF A FLUID
- VAPOR PRESSURE
- SURFACE TENSION
- CAPILLARITY
- BULK MODULUS OF ELASTICITY (E)
- ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS
- ADIABATIC OR ISENTROPIC CONDITIONS
- PRESSURE DISTURBANCES
- Solved Problems
- Supplementary Problems
- 2. Fluid Statics
- 3. Hydrostatic Force on Surfaces
- 4. Buoyancy and Flotation
- 5. Translation and Rotation of Liquid Masses
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6.
Dimensional Analysis and Hydraulic Similitude
- INTRODUCTION
- DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS
- HYDRAULIC MODELS
- GEOMETRIC SIMILITUDE
- KINEMATIC SIMILITUDE
- DYNAMIC SIMILITUDE
- THE INERTIA FORCE RATIO
- INERTIA-PRESSURE FORCE RATIO
- INERTIA-VISCOUS FORCE RATIO
- INERTIA-GRAVITY FORCE RATIO
- INERTIA-ELASTICITY FORCE RATIO
- INERTIA-SURFACE TENSION RATIO
- TIME RATIOS
- Solved Problems
- Supplementary Problems
- 7. Fundamentals of Fluid Flow
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8.
Flow in Closed Conduits
- INTRODUCTION
- LAMINAR FLOW
- CRITICAL VELOCITY
- REYNOLDS NUMBER
- TURBULENT FLOW
- SHEARING STRESS AT A PIPE WALL
- VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION
- LOSS OF HEAD FOR LAMINAR FLOW
- DARCY-WEISBACH FORMULA
- FRICTION FACTOR
- MINOR HEAD LOSSES
- EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS FOR WATER FLOW
- PIPE DIAGRAMS
- Solved Problems
- Supplementary Problems
- 9. Complex Pipeline Systems
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10.
Flow in Open Channels
- INTRODUCTION
- STEADY UNIFORM FLOW
- NONUNIFORM FLOW
- LAMINAR FLOW
- THE CHEZY FORMULA
- COEFFICIENT C
- DISCHARGE (Q)
- LOST HEAD (h L)
- VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF VELOCITY
- SPECIFIC ENERGY
- CRITICAL DEPTH
- MAXIMUM UNIT FLOW
- FOR CRITICAL FLOW IN NONRECTANGULAR CHANNELS,
- NONUNIFORM FLOW
- HYDRAULIC JUMP
- OPEN-CHANNEL FLOW IN CIRCULAR CROSS SECTIONS
- MOST EFFICIENT CROSS SECTIONS
- Solved Problems
- Supplementary Problems
- 11. Flow of Compressible Fluids
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12.
Measurement of Flow of Fluids
- INTRODUCTION
- PITOT TUBE
- COEFFICIENT OF VELOCITY
- COEFFICIENT OF CONTRACTION
- COEFFICIENT OF DISCHARGE
- LOST HEAD
- WEIRS
- THEORETICAL WEIR FORMULA
- FRANCIS FORMULA
- BAZIN FORMULA
- FTELEY AND STEARNS FORMULA
- THE TRIANGULAR WEIR FORMULA
- THE TRAPEZOIDAL WEIR FORMULA
- FOR DAMS USED AS WEIRS
- TIME TO EMPTY TANKS
- TIME TO EMPTY TANKS
- TIME TO ESTABLISH FLOW
- Solved Problems
- Supplementary Problems
- 13. Forces Developed by Moving Fluids
- 14. Fluid Machinery
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A.
Tables and Diagrams
Book Details
Title: Schaum’s Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics, Third Edition
Publisher: : New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New Delhi, San Juan, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto
Copyright / Pub. Date: 2009, 1962, 1956 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc
ISBN: 9780071611640
Authors:
Ranald Giles is the author of this McGraw-Hill Professional publication.
Jack Evett is the author of this McGraw-Hill Professional publication.
Cheng Liu is the author of this McGraw-Hill Professional publication.
Description: Confusing Textbooks? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time? Fortunately for you, there’s Schaum’s Outlines. More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum’s to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum’s is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get hundreds of examples, solved problems, and practice exercises to test your skills. This Schaum’s Outline gives you practice problems with full explanations that reinforce knowledge, coverage of the most up-to-date developments in your course field and in-depth review of practices and applications. Fully compatible with your classroom text, Schaum’s highlights all the important facts you need to know. Use Schaum’s to shorten your study time-and get your best test scores! Schaum’s Outlines-Problem Solved.
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