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Fluid Mechanics Through Problems: John Wiley & Sons
Fluid Mechanics Through Problems: John Wiley & Sons
Through Problems
R.J. Garde
Pro Vice-chancellor
Indira Gandhi National Open University
New Delhi, India
(Formerly, Professor of Hydraulic Engineering
University of Roorkee
Roorkee, India)
Preface v
I. Properties of Fluids 1
1.1 Introduction /
1.2 Mass Density, Specific Weight, Specific Volume,
Relative Density, Pressure 2
1.3 Viscosity 2
1.4 Bulk Modulus of Elasticity 4
1.5 Gas Laws 4
1.6 Surface Tension and Capillarity 5
1.7 Flow Regimes 6
Illustrative Examples 7
Problems 75
Descriptive Questions 18
APPENDIX
APPENDIX A. Properties of Some Common Fluids at 20C and
Atmospheric Pressure 640
APPBNDIX B. Properties of Water at Different Temperatures 641
APPENDIX C. Properties of Air at Different Temperatures and at
Atmospheric Pressure 643
APPENDIX D. Properties of Common Gases at 273.16 K. and at
Atmospheric Pressure 644
APPENDIX E. Properties of Standard Atmosphere 645
APPENDIX F. Properties of Areas 646
Notations 649
Greek Notations 654
Index 655