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Mechanics of Fluids

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690 Index<br />

Cavitation limits for reaction<br />

turbines 621<br />

Cavitation number 170, 622<br />

Celerity 563–4<br />

Centipoise 26<br />

Centistokes 26<br />

Central difference 356<br />

Centred expansion 514–5<br />

Centre <strong>of</strong> buoyancy 70<br />

Centre <strong>of</strong> pressure 61<br />

Centrifugal pumps 626–7<br />

basic equations 627–32<br />

diffuser-type 627<br />

volute-type 627<br />

Centroid 57, 59<br />

Centroidal axis 57<br />

Changes <strong>of</strong> state 19–20<br />

Characteristic curve (<strong>of</strong><br />

pump) 631, 646<br />

Characteristic equations<br />

577–8<br />

Characteristics 578<br />

method <strong>of</strong> 577–80<br />

Chézy equation 419–23<br />

Chézy’s coefficient 421, 459<br />

Chézy’s formula 459<br />

Choking 107, 525, 535, 541<br />

Chord (<strong>of</strong> aer<strong>of</strong>oil) 403<br />

Chord line 403<br />

Circulation 364–7<br />

Classical hydrodynamics 361<br />

Closed conduits only partly<br />

full 426–7<br />

Coanda effect 108–9<br />

Coefficient <strong>of</strong> contraction<br />

114, 116<br />

Coefficient <strong>of</strong> discharge 114,<br />

168–70<br />

for orifice 117<br />

for venturi-meter 120<br />

Coefficient <strong>of</strong> friction 227<br />

Coefficient <strong>of</strong> velocity 114<br />

Coefficient <strong>of</strong> viscosity 23<br />

Cohesion 28<br />

Colebrook’s equation 351<br />

Complex potential 400<br />

Complex variables 399–402<br />

Compressibility (quantity) 20<br />

Compressibility effects<br />

aer<strong>of</strong>oils 544<br />

drag 340–1<br />

elastic forces 166<br />

Compressibility factor 518<br />

Compressible flow <strong>of</strong> gases<br />

487–550<br />

Compressible fluids 20,<br />

487, 517<br />

Compressor 591<br />

Computational fluid<br />

dynamics (CFD)<br />

353–8<br />

Conformal transformation<br />

404<br />

Conjugate depths 440<br />

conjugate functions 399<br />

Conservation <strong>of</strong> energy 95,<br />

96–101<br />

Conservation <strong>of</strong> matter 90<br />

Continuity 90–2<br />

Continuity equation 354,<br />

458, 576<br />

Continuum 4<br />

Contraction, loss at abrupt<br />

262–4<br />

Control volume 139, 419<br />

Convection, free 79<br />

Convective acceleration 90<br />

Convergent-divergent nozzle<br />

522, 524–9<br />

Conversion factors 663–6<br />

Corresponding velocity 180<br />

Couette flow 205<br />

Creeping motion 331<br />

Critical depth 432, 437<br />

Critical flow 416<br />

in open channel 432–5,<br />

443–7<br />

Critical pressure<br />

ratio 524<br />

Critical Reynolds number<br />

247, 317<br />

Critical slope 435, 462<br />

Critical velocity<br />

in open channel 435<br />

Current meters 288<br />

d’Alembert’s Paradox 392<br />

Darcy’s equation 248, 531<br />

Darcy’s Law (flow through<br />

porous media) 239<br />

Dashpot 207–9<br />

Deflection angle 506, 508<br />

de Laval nozzle 523–4<br />

Density 12<br />

at a point 12<br />

Design pressure ratio 527<br />

Deviation angle 633<br />

Differential equations, <strong>of</strong><br />

fluid dynamics 354–6<br />

Diffuser 264–5<br />

in centrifugal pump 626<br />

Diffuser pump 627<br />

Dilatancy 27<br />

Dilatant liquids 197<br />

Dimensional analysis 170–9<br />

application 179–82<br />

methods 172<br />

process 172–3<br />

Dimensional formulae 11–2,<br />

679–83<br />

Dimensional<br />

homogeneity 12<br />

Dipole 390<br />

Discharge 114, 123<br />

measurement <strong>of</strong> 290–1<br />

Discretization<br />

errors 356–7<br />

Dispersive waves 468<br />

Displacement thickness <strong>of</strong><br />

boundary layer 301–2<br />

Displacement work 95–6<br />

Double suction machine 627<br />

Doublet 390–1, 402<br />

Downdrop curve 457<br />

Downwash velocity 407<br />

Draft tube 608<br />

Drag 324–35<br />

form 324<br />

induced 408<br />

normal pressure 324<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>ile 324<br />

vortex 407–9<br />

wave 340<br />

Drag coefficient 325, 637<br />

<strong>of</strong> bodies <strong>of</strong> revolution<br />

341<br />

effect <strong>of</strong> compressibility<br />

544–6<br />

<strong>of</strong> three-dimensional<br />

bodies 331–5<br />

<strong>of</strong> two-dimensional bodies<br />

329–31<br />

Drag force 290, 314, 325<br />

Drain-hole vortex 379<br />

Drowned weir 448–9<br />

Dynamic pressure 110<br />

Dynamic similarly 161–7<br />

application 179–82<br />

flow with elastic forces<br />

acting 166–7<br />

flow with gravity forces<br />

acting 164–5<br />

flow with surface tension<br />

forces acting 165–6<br />

flow with viscous forces<br />

acting 163–4<br />

principal ratios 167<br />

ratios <strong>of</strong> forces arising in<br />

162–7<br />

Dynamic viscosity 23–6

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