A solid generally has a definite shape; a fluid has a shape determined by its container. Fluids include liquids, gases, and vapors, or mixtures of these. A fluid continuously deforms when shear stresses are present; it cannot sustain shear stresses at rest. | CHAPTER 40 FLUID MECHANICS Reuben M. Olson College of Engineering and Technology Ohio University Athens Ohio DEFINITION OF A FLUID 1290 Laminar and Turbulent Flow 1307 IMPORTANT FLUID PROPERTIES 1290 Boundary Layers 1307 GAS DYNAMICS 1310 FLUID STATICS 1290 Adiabatic and Isentropic Manometers 1291 Flow 1310 Liquid Forces on Duct Flow 1311 Submerged Surfaces 1291 Normal Shocks 1311 Aerostatics 1293 Oblique Shocks 1313 Static Stability 1293 VISCOUS FLUID FLOW IN FLUID KINEMATICS 1294 DUCTS 1313 Velocity and Acceleration 1295 Fully Developed Streamlines 1295 Incompressible Flow 1315 Deformation of a Fluid Fully Developed Element 1295 Laminar Flow in Ducts 1315 Vorticity and Circulation 1297 Fully Developed Continuity Equations 1298 Turbulent Flow in Ducts 1316 FLUID MOMENTUM 1298 Steady Incompressible The Momentum Theorem 1299 Flow in Entrances of Equations of Motion 1300 Ducts Local Losses in 1319 FLUID ENERGY 1301 Contractions Energy Equations 1301 Expansions and Pipe Work and Power 1302 Fittings Turbulent Viscous Dissipation 1302 Flow Flow of Compressible 1319 CONTRACTION Gases in Pipes with COEFFICIENTS FROM POTENTIAL Friction 1320 FLOW THEORY 1303 DYNAMIC DRAG AND LIFT 1323 Drag 1323 DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS AND DYNAMIC SIMILARITY 1304 Lift 1323 Dimensionless Numbers 1304 FLOW MEASUREMENTS 1324 Dynamic Similitude 1305 Pressure Measurements 1324 Velocity Measurements 1325 VISCOUS FLOW AND Volumetric and Mass INCOMPRESSIBLE Flow Fluid BOUNDARY LAYERS 1307 Measurements 1326 All figures and tables produced with permission from Essentials of Engineering Fluid Mechanics Fourth Edition by Reuben M. Olsen copyright 1980 Harper Row Publishers. Mechanical Engineers .
