1 Introduction
1��1 Brief Look at Fluid Mechanics
1��2 Forces Acting on Fluid
1��3 Density and Specific Weight
1��4 Fluid Properties
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2 Fluid Statics
2��1 Pressure at a Point
2��2 Equilibrium of a Fluid Element
2��3 Hydrostatic Pressure Distribution in Gravitational Field
2��4 Pressure Distribution in Rigid-Body Motion
2��5 Hydrostatic Force on a Submerged Plane Surface
2��6 Hydrostatic Force on a Curved Surface
2��7 Buoyancy�� Flotation�� and Stability
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3 Fluid Kinematics
3��1 Description Approaches of the Flow Field
3��2 Classification of Fluid Flows
3��3 Eulerian Concepts for Flow Description
3��4 Kinematic Description of Fluid Element
3��5 Differential Equations of Motion
3��6 The Bernoulli Equation
3��7 Steady Plane Potential Flows
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4 Fundamental Equations for Steady Total Flow
4��1 Average of Sectional Parameters
4��2 Continuity Equation
4��3 Energy Equation
4��4 Linear Momentum Equation
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5 Similitude�� Dimensional Analysis�� and Modeling
5��1 Introduction
5��2 Dimensional Analysis
5��3 Similitude
5��4 Common Dimensionless Groups in Fluid Mechanics
5��5 Modelling
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6 Fluid Resistance and Energy Losses
6��1 Introduction to Head Losses
6��2 Laminar and Turbulent Flows
6��3 Fully Developed Flow and Its Shear Stress
6��4 Fully Developed Laminar Flow in Pipes
6��5 Fully Developed Turbulent Flow in Pipes
6��6 Frictional Losses in Turbulent Flow
6��7 Minor Losses
6��8 Boundary Layer and Drag Force
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7 Orifice Flow and Nozzle Flow
7�� 1 Introduction
7��2 Steady Flow through Sharp-edged Orifice
7��3 Steady Nozzle Flow
7��4 Unsteady Flow through Orifice
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8 Pipe Flow
8��1 Introduction
8��2 Steady Flow in Simple Short Pipeline
8��3 Steady Flow in Simple Long Pipeline
8��4 Steady Flow in Complex Long Pipeline
8��5 Steady Flow in Pipe Networks
8��6 Unsteady Flow in Pipeline
8��7 Flow Measurements in Pipes
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9 Open Channel Flow
9��1 Introduction
9��2 Uniform Flow in Open Channel
9��3 Uniform Flow in a Partially Full Circular Pipe
9��4 Wave Speed and Froude Number
9��5 Fundamentals of Nonuniform Flow
9��6 Rapidly Varied Flow;The Hydraulic Jump
9��7 Water Surface Profiles of GVF in Prismatic Channel
9��8 Numerical Solution of Surface Profile
9��9 Flow Measurements in Open Channel
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10 Weir Flow
10��1 Introduction
10��2 Sharp-crested Weirs
10��3 Ogee-crested Weirs
10��4 Broad-crested Weirs
10��5 Flow under a Sluice Gate
10��6 Hydraulic Design of Small Bridge Aperture
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11 Seepage Flow
11��1 Introduction
11��2 DarcyLaw
11��3 Unconfined Steady Gradually Varied Seepage Flow
11��4 Seepage Flow around Wells and Clustered-Wells
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12 One-dimensional Compressible Gas Flow
12�� 1 Fundamental of Compressible Flow
12�� 2 One-Dimensional Adiabatic and Isentropic Steady Flow
12�� 3 Compressible Flow with Friction in Constant-area Duct
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References
Appendix A Property Tables
Table A-1 Properties of water at 1 atm pressure
Table A-2 Properties of air at 1 atm pressure
Table A-3 Properties of some common fluids at 1 atm pressure

Appendix B Bibliography
Index of Vocabulary
Nomenclature
Answers to Problems