Fluid mechanics in channel, pipe and aerodynamic design geometries /
Fluid mechanics is an important scientific field with various industrial applications for flows or energy consumption and efficiency issues. This book has as main aim to be a textbook of applied knowledge in real fluids as well as to the Hydraulic systems components and operation, with emphasis to t...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London : Hoboken, NJ :
ISTE Ltd. ; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
2018
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| Series: | Science, society and new technologies series.
Science, society and new technology series. Engineering, energy and architecture set ; v. 3. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-Title Page; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1. Pipe Networks; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Calculation of pipe networks; 1.3. Problem-solving methodology for pipe networks; 1.4. Overall approach for the network calculation; 1.5. The Hazen-Williams equation for network analysis; 1.6. Hazen-Williams and Darcy-Weisbach identity; 1.7. Hardy-Cross method; 1.8. Formulae; 1.9. Questions; 1.10. Problems with solutions; 1.11. Problems to be solved; 2. Open Channel Flow; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Non-dimensional parameters in open channels
- 2.3. Open channel types of flow2.4. Open channels' geometrical shapes; 2.4.1. Channels of rectangular cross-sectional area; 2.4.2. Channels of trapezoidal cross-sectional area; 2.4.3. Channels of circular cross-sectional area; 2.5. The hydraulic jump; 2.6. Calculation of the depth flow after the hydraulic jump; 2.7. Velocity distribution; 2.8. Velocity distribution at the vertical level; 2.9. Uniform flow in open channel equations
- Chezy type; 2.10. Best hydraulic cross-sectional area; 2.11. Specific flow energy; 2.12. Channels of rectangular cross-sectional area
- 2.13. Open channels' more adequate cross-sectional areas2.13.1. Rectangular cross-sectional area; 2.13.2. Trapezoidal cross-sectional area; 2.14. Non-uniform flow in open channels; 2.15. Channels of non-rectangular cross-section area; 2.16. Formulae; 2.16.1. Channels of rectangular cross-sectional area formulae; 2.16.2. Channels of trapezoidal cross-section formulae; 2.16.3. Channels of circular cross-sectional area formulae; 2.16.4. Channels of rectangular cross-sectional area formulae; 2.16.5. Channels of non-rectangular cross-sectional area formulae; 2.17. Questions
- 4.6. Lift curve4.7. Drag force and drag coefficient curve; 4.7.1. Drag of skin friction; 4.7.2. Form drag; 4.7.3. Induced drag; 4.8. Parameters that influence the drag coefficient; 4.8.1. Dependence of CD on the body's shape; 4.8.2. Dependence of CD on relative roughness; 4.8.3. Dependence of CD on the Reynolds number; 4.9. External flow around industrial solid bodies; 4.9.1. Car's motion; 4.9.2. Surface vessel's motion; 4.9.3. Wind flow in ground constructions; 4.9.4. Airplane's motion; 4.10. Drag in fluid drops and gas bubbles in creeping flow; 4.11. Formulae; 4.12. Questions
