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Mechanics of Fluids

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Mach angle 498<br />

intersection 510–1<br />

reflection 510<br />

Mach cone 497–8<br />

Mach line 498<br />

Mach number 21, 166, 496,<br />

501, 518<br />

Mach waves 508<br />

Mach–Zehnder<br />

interferometer 550<br />

Magnus effect 395<br />

Manning’s formula 422–3<br />

Manning’s roughness<br />

coefficient 422<br />

Manometers 50–5<br />

Manometric efficiency 629<br />

head 629<br />

Mass flow parameter 521<br />

Mean density 12<br />

Mean steady flow 37<br />

Metacentre 72<br />

Metacentric height 73<br />

Metacentric radius 75<br />

Michell bearing 224<br />

Micro-manometers 54<br />

Micropoise 26<br />

Mild slope 435<br />

Millibar 14<br />

Minor losses 260<br />

Mixed-flow machines 596<br />

Mixed-flow pump 634, 645<br />

Mixing length 343<br />

Molecular structure 3<br />

Moment <strong>of</strong> inertia 59<br />

Momentum correction factor<br />

138<br />

Momentum equation 134–54<br />

applications 138–54<br />

boundary layer 303–6<br />

Momentum integral<br />

equation, boundary<br />

layer 306<br />

Momentum theory<br />

propeller 150–4<br />

wind turbine 154<br />

Momentum thickness <strong>of</strong><br />

boundary layer 302<br />

Moody diagram 252<br />

Moving fluids, equilibrium <strong>of</strong><br />

80–3<br />

Multi-stage pumps 639<br />

Nappe 126–7<br />

Navier–Stokes equations<br />

354–6<br />

numerical procedures for<br />

solving 356–8<br />

Net Positive Suction Head<br />

(NPSH) 644<br />

Neutral equilibrium 71<br />

Newtonian fluid 24<br />

Newton’s First Law 92<br />

Newton’s Law <strong>of</strong> Universal<br />

Gravitation 12<br />

Newton’s laws <strong>of</strong> motion<br />

138<br />

Newton’s Second Law 14,<br />

95, 134<br />

Newton’s Third Law 22,<br />

136, 440<br />

Nikuradse’s experiments<br />

250–2<br />

Nodes 478–9<br />

Non-Newtonian liquids<br />

26–7<br />

laminar flow in circular<br />

pipe 196–8<br />

Non-uniform flow 30<br />

Non-uniform velocity<br />

distribution effects<br />

100, 138,<br />

632–4<br />

Normal depth 419<br />

Normal flow 419<br />

Normal shock<br />

waves 500–5<br />

Notches 126–30<br />

rectangular 127<br />

V 129<br />

Nozzle, force at 144–8<br />

Numeric 5<br />

Oblique shock waves<br />

505–12<br />

intersection 510–2<br />

reflection 510–2<br />

One-dimensional flow 32<br />

with negligible friction<br />

522–4<br />

Open channels 414<br />

boundary layer in 423–4<br />

occurrence <strong>of</strong><br />

critical conditions<br />

443–54<br />

optimum cross-section<br />

425–6<br />

simple waves and<br />

surges in 427–31<br />

specific energy and<br />

alternative depths <strong>of</strong><br />

flow 431–7<br />

steady-flow energy<br />

equation for 416–8<br />

types <strong>of</strong> flow 415–6<br />

Index 693<br />

Orifice<br />

flow through sharp-edged<br />

112–9, 268–9<br />

quasi-steady flow through<br />

119<br />

submerged 118–9<br />

Orifice meter 123–5<br />

Oscillatory waves<br />

see Waves<br />

Oseen’s formula 331<br />

Overturning couple 73<br />

Parabolic velocity pr<strong>of</strong>ile<br />

193<br />

Parallel axes theorem 59<br />

Particle mechanics 332<br />

Pascal (unit) 7, 9, 14<br />

Pascal’s Law 15<br />

Path-line 31<br />

Pelton wheel 598–605<br />

Percentage slip 596<br />

Perfect gas 18, 489<br />

Period <strong>of</strong> oscillation 77<br />

Perpendicular axes<br />

theorem 59<br />

Petr<strong>of</strong>f’s law 233<br />

Phase velocity 468<br />

Physical constants 667<br />

Physical similarity 159–70<br />

see also specific types<br />

Piezo–electric gauges 56<br />

Piezometer tube 45–6<br />

Piezometric head 46<br />

Piezometric pressure 46<br />

Pipe bend<br />

force caused by flow<br />

round 141–4<br />

head loss due to 266<br />

Pipe fittings, losses in 267–8<br />

Pipe networks 280–1<br />

Pipe with side tappings<br />

281–2<br />

Pipes<br />

branched 278–80<br />

in parallel 277–8<br />

in series 277<br />

Pi theorem 172<br />

Pitometer 112<br />

Pitot-static tube 110–2, 519<br />

Pitot tube 110–2<br />

in flow with variable<br />

density 517–20<br />

Plasticity 27<br />

Plastic solids 2<br />

Poise 26<br />

Poiseuille (unit) 25<br />

Poiseuille’s equation 194

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