ABSTRACT

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.

chapter 1|42 pages

Fundamental concepts

chapter 2|46 pages

Fluid statics

chapter 3|45 pages

The principles governing fluids in motion

chapter 4|25 pages

The momentum equation

chapter 6|54 pages

Laminar flow between solid boundaries

chapter 7|53 pages

Flow and losses in pipes and fittings

chapter 9|53 pages

The flow of an inviscid fluid

chapter 10|73 pages

Flow with a free surface

chapter 11|67 pages

Compressible flow of gases

chapter 12|37 pages

Unsteady flow

chapter 13|72 pages

Fluid machines

chapter 14|9 pages

Fluid mechanics in a changing world