Fluid Mechanics, Fourth Edition
Guiding students from the fundamentals to the analysis and application of fluid mechanics, this text covers compressible flow and such diverse applications as hydraulics and aerodynamics.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Fluid Mechanics, Fourth Edition
Appendix A: Some Properties of Common Fluids
A1 Useful Conversion Factors
| Length: | 1m = 3.2808 ft 1 in. = 2.540 cm 1 mile = 1.609 km 1 nautical mile = 1.852 km |
| Mass: | 1kg = 2.2046 lb 1 metric ton = 1000 kg |
| Time: | 1 day = 86,400 s |
| Density: | 1 kg /m 3 = 0.062428 lb /ft 3 |
| Velocity: | 1 knot = 0.5144 m/s |
| Force: | 1N = 10 5 dyn |
| Pressure: | 1 dyn /cm 2 = 0.1N /m 2 = 0.1 Pa 1 bar = 10 5Pa |
| Energy: | 1J = 10 7 erg = 0.2389 cal 1 cal = 4.186 J |
| Energy flux: | 1 W /m 2 = 2.39 10- 5 cal cm -2 s -1 |
A2 Properties of Pure Water at Atmospheric Pressure
Here, ? = density, ?= coefficient of thermal expansion, ?= shear viscosity, v= kinematic viscosity ?/ ?,k= thermal diffusivity = k/( ?C p), [ k is first defined on p.6] Pr Prandtl number, and 1.0 10 -n is written as 1.0E - n
| T | ? | ? | ? | v | k | C p | P r |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | kg /m 3 | K -1 | kg m -1 s -1 | m 2 /s | m 2 /s | Jkg -1K- 1 | v/k |
| 0 | 1000 | -0.6E -4 | 1.787E -3 | 1.787E -6 | 1.33E - 7 | 4217 | 13.4 |
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