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.
John Ward-Smith was Senior Lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering Department and Senior Research Fellow in Biomechanics in the Department of Sport Sciences at Brunel University, UK.
1. Fundamental Concepts 2. Fluid Statics 3. The Principles Governing Fluids in Motion 4. The Momentum Equation 5. Physical Similarity and Dimensional Analysis 6. Laminar Flow Between Solid Boundaries 7. Flow and Losses in Pipes and Fittings 8. Boundary Layers, Wakes and Other Shear Layers 9. The Flow of an Inviscid Fluid 10. Flow with a Free Surface 11. Compressible Flow of Gases 12. Unsteady Flow 13. Fluid Machines 14. Fluid Mechanics in a Changing World Appendix 1: Units and Conversion Factors Appendix 2: Physical Constants and Properties of Fluids Appendix 3: Tables of Gas Flow Functions Appendix 4: Algebraic Symbols Answers to Problems