Fluid Mechanics

Dr John Douglas, formerly of South Bank University, London. Dr Janusz Gasiorek, formerly of South Bank University, London where he led the Fluid Mechanics group in Mechanical Engineering, with specialist research interest in rotodynamic machinery and fan engineering. Professor John Swaffield , Emeritus Professor, Heriot–Watt University, has taught fluid mechanics for over 30 years with specialist research in pressure transients, free surface unsteady flows and water conservation.Dr Lynne Jack, Heriot-Watt University, Reader in energy systems and associated environmental impacts, with research interests in unsteady flow modelling and the implications for the built environment of climate change.

"Excellent clear discussions of Fluids. Very good examples." Dr Tim Gough, University of Bradford, UK"I've always used this text. I find it very comprehensive, with a logical layout, and pictched at a level that can be used by an undergraduate student, regardless of the level that they are at." Mr. Gerard Nagle, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland

• Preface to the Sixth Edition Previous Edition Prefaces Acknowledgements List of Computer Programs List of Symbols Part I Elements of Fluid Mechanics Chapter 1 Fluids and their Properties Chapter 2 Pressure and Head Chapter 3 Static Forces on Surfaces. Buoyancy Part II Concepts of Fluid Flow Chapter 4 Motion of Fluid Particles and Streams Chapter 5 The Momentum Equation and its Applications Chapter 6 The Energy Equation and its Applications Chapter 7 Two-dimensional Ideal Flow Part III Dimensional Analysis and Similarity Chapter 8 Dimensional Analysis Chapter 9 Similarity Part IV Behaviour of Real Fluids Chapter 10 Laminar and Turbulent Flows in Bounded Systems Chapter 11 Boundary Layer Chapter 12 Incompressible Flow around a Body Chapter 13 Compressible flow around a Body Part V Steady Flow in Pipes, Ducts and Open Channels Chapter 14 Steady Incompressible Flow in Pipe and Duct Systems Chapter 15 Uniform Flow in Open Channels Chapter 16 Non-uniform Flow in Open Channels Chapter 17 Compressible Flow in Pipes Part VI Fluid Mechanics for Environmental Change Chapter 18 Environmental Change and Renewable Energy Technologies Chapter 19 Environmental Change and Rainfall Runoff Flow Modelling Part VII Unsteady Flow in Bounded Systems Chapter 20 Pressure Transient Theory and Surge Control Chapter 21 Simulation of Unsteady Flow Phenomena in Pipe, Channel and Duct Systems Part VIII Fluid Machinery. Theory, Performance and Application Chapter 22 Theory of Rotodynamic Machines Chapter 23 Performance of Rotodynamic Machines Chapter 24 Positive Displacement Machines Chapter 25 Machine-Network Interactions Appendix 1 Some Properties of Common Fluids Appendix 2 Values of Drag Coefficient C for Various Body Shapes Index