Outline

Post date: Jan 2, 2012 2:51:23 AM

    1. Steady incompressible flow

      • Laminar and tubulent flow

      • Reynolds number

      • Friction head loss: Shear stress distribution

      • Velocity profiles

      • Roughness

      • Boundary Layer Theory

      • Moody Diagram

      • Darcy-Weisbach equation

      • Uniform flow in open channels

      • Single-Pipe Flow: Solution Basics

      • Single-Pipe Flow: Solution by Trials

      • Single-Pipe Flow: Direct Solutions

      • Single-Pipe Flow: Automated Solutions

      • Empirical Equations for Single-Pipe Flow and Single-Channel

      • Non-rigorous Head-Loss Equations

      • Minor Losses in Turbulent Flow

      • Loss of Head at Entrance

      • Loss of Head at Submerged Discharge

      • Loss Due to Contraction

      • Loss Due to Expansion

      • Loss in Pipe Fittings

      • Loss in Bends and Elbows

      • Single-Pipe Flow with Minor Losses

    2. Unsteady flow

      • Discharge with Varying Head

      • Unsteady Flow of Incompressible Fluids in Pipes

      • Approach to Steady Flow

      • Velocity of Pressure Wave in Pipes

      • Water Hammer

      • Surge Tanks

    3. Hydraulic Machinery: Pumps

      • Description of Centrifugal andAxial-Flow Pumps

      • Head Developed by a Pump

      • Pump Efficiency

      • Similarity Laws for Pumps

      • Performance Characteristics of Pumps at Constant Speed

      • Performance Characteristics at Different Speeds and Sizes

      • Operating Point of a Pump

      • Specific Speed of Pumps

      • Peripheral-Velocity Factor

      • Cavitation in Pumps

      • Viscosity Effect

      • Selection of Pumps

      • Pumps Operating in Series and in Parallel

      • Pump Installations

    4. Hydraulic Machinery: Turbines

      • Hydraulic Turbines

      • Impulse Turbines

      • Action of the Impulse Turbine

      • Head on an Impulse Turbine and Efficiency

      • Nozzles for Impulse

      • Turbines

      • Reaction Turbines

      • Action of the Reaction

      • Turbine

      • Draft Tubes and Effective Head on Reaction Turbines

      • Efficiency of Turbines

      • Similarity Laws for Reaction Turbines

      • Peripheral-Velocity Factor and Specific Speed of Turbines

      • Cavitation in Turbines

      • Selection of Turbines

      • Pump Turbine

    5. Pipe Networks or Systems

      • Pipeline with Pump or Turbine

      • Branching Pipes

      • Pipes in Series

      • Pipes in Parallel

      • Pipe Networks

    6. Unstaeady flow of compressible fluids

      • Thermodynamic Considerations

      • Fundamental Equations Applicable to the Flow of Compressible Fluids

      • Speed of Sound

      • Adiabatic Flow (With or Without Friction)

      • Stagnation Properties

      • Isentropic Flow

      • Effect of Area Variation on One-Dimensional Compressible Flow

      • Compressible Flow Through a Converging Nozzle

      • Isentropic Flow Through a Converging-Diverging Nozzle

      • One-Dimensional Shock Wave

      • The Oblique Shock Wave

      • Isothermal Flow

      • Isothermal Flow in a Constant-Area Duct

      • Adiabatic Flow in a Constant-Area Duct

      • Comparison of Flow Types