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696 Index<br />

Unit power 624<br />

Units 4–10<br />

prefixes 8<br />

Unit speed 624<br />

Universal gas constant 18<br />

Unstable equilibrium 71<br />

Unsteady flow 36–7<br />

Upper (or higher) critical<br />

velocity 247<br />

U-tube manometers 50–5<br />

Vacuum 48–9<br />

Valve closure 569–74<br />

Valve opening factor 570<br />

Vapour pressure 16<br />

Varied flow 416<br />

Velocity<br />

<strong>of</strong> flow 630<br />

<strong>of</strong> sound 496<br />

<strong>of</strong> whirl 601<br />

Velocity defect 345<br />

Velocity defect law 345<br />

Velocity diagrams 609–10,<br />

612<br />

Velocity distribution<br />

in rough pipes 349–50<br />

in smooth pipes and over<br />

smooth plates<br />

345–8<br />

in turbulent flow 344–52<br />

Velocity gradient 22<br />

Velocity head 96<br />

Velocity measurement<br />

288–90<br />

Velocity potential 367–9<br />

Velocity pr<strong>of</strong>ile 22<br />

Vena contracta 113<br />

Venturi flume 451–4<br />

Venturi-meter 119–22<br />

Virtual mass 392–3<br />

Viscoelastic materials 27<br />

Viscometer 211<br />

Engler 211<br />

Ostwald 211<br />

Redwood 211<br />

rotary 215–8<br />

Saybolt 211<br />

Searle 231<br />

Viscometry 210<br />

Viscosimeter see Viscometer<br />

Viscosity 21–8<br />

absolute 23<br />

basic SI unit 25<br />

causes <strong>of</strong> 24–5<br />

dynamic 23, 668<br />

eddy 341–2<br />

influence on flow 37<br />

kinematic 26, 669<br />

measurement <strong>of</strong> 210<br />

quantitative definition<br />

21–4<br />

variation with temperature<br />

668–9<br />

Viscous forces 163–4<br />

Viscous resistance 191–2<br />

Viscous stresses 199<br />

Viscous sub-layer 251–2,<br />

347<br />

Voidage 240<br />

Volute 605, 626<br />

Vortex<br />

forced 381–2<br />

free 376–9<br />

spiral 398–9<br />

starting (on aer<strong>of</strong>oil) 405<br />

Vortex drag 407–9<br />

Vortex pair 396–8<br />

Vortex shedding 328<br />

Vortex sheet 511–2<br />

Vortex street (or trail)<br />

326–8<br />

Vortex strength 377<br />

Vorticity 365–6<br />

Wake<br />

definition 325<br />

flow pattern 326<br />

width 328<br />

Water hammer 558<br />

Wave drag 340<br />

Wave energy 472–3<br />

Wave formation 480<br />

Wave-making resistance<br />

182–3<br />

Wave propagation, finite<br />

waves 498–9<br />

Waves<br />

Airy 467–8<br />

capillary 469<br />

deep water 468<br />

dispersive 468<br />

elastic 493–7<br />

gravity 468<br />

moving into shallow water<br />

477–8<br />

in open channels 427–31<br />

oscillatory 464–79<br />

reflection 564–9<br />

standing 478–9<br />

Weber number 166–7<br />

Weir<br />

broad-crested 444–7<br />

drowned 447–8<br />

rapid flow approaching<br />

449–51<br />

sharp-crested 126–30<br />

suppressed 128<br />

Whirl 609<br />

Whirl slip 633<br />

Wicket gates 606<br />

Windage 603<br />

Wind turbine, momentum<br />

theory 154<br />

Wings, aerodynamics <strong>of</strong><br />

403–9, 544–6<br />

Yaw meter 291<br />

Yield stress 198<br />

Zone <strong>of</strong> action 498<br />

Zone <strong>of</strong> silence 498

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