Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics

Proceedings of the First Australasian Conference Held at the University of Western Australia, 6th to 13th December 1962

Richard Silvester

• Publisher: Pergamon
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN:
  9780080102917
• eBook ISBN:
  9781483164922
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Engineering General
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics is a collection of papers from the Proceedings of the First Australian Conference held at the University of Western Australia on December 6-13, 1962 at Nedlands, Australia. This book deals with the science of hydraulics and fluid mechanics in their practical uses in industry and research. In special situations when high-pressure oil is used in mechanical equipment, hydraulic lock is preferred for valve control. This book reviews the pressure drop in the pneumatic transfer of granular solids in a pipe where a formula is derived to determine the pressure drop when using either a straight or bent pipe. This text also discusses the improvements on the cavitation performance of flow pumps by using prerotation at design points. The construction of a dam in Tasmania provides another study on the behavior of rock-fill slopes subjected to seepage. Here, the book analyzes the hydraulic forces acting on the rock particles, and explains theories on the derivation of the dynamic equation for spatially varied flow with increasing discharge on a steep slope. The book also examines the concept of critical depth in spatially varied flow with increasing discharge on a steep slope. This book investigates the use of a computer model designed to determine the methods of draining flooded farmlands either through hydraulically or electrically operated drainage systems. This text also evaluates the cost of constructing a project. This collection is suitable for people in the field of applied mathematics, physics, and engineering.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• THE FOLLOWING PAPERS WERE PRESENTED OR TABLED AT THE CONFERENCE BUT ARE NOT INCLUDED
• FOREWORD
• CHAPTER 1. ON THE ART OF ADVANCING THE SCIENCE OF HYDRAULICS
• CHAPTER 2. HYDRAULIC AND DIRT LOCK IN PISTON TYPE CONTROL VALVES
• CHAPTER 3. ON ATTENUATION OF GAS PULSATIONS FROM RECIPROCATING COMPRESSORS
• CHAPTER 4. STEADY FLOW IN SINUSOIDALLY VARYING CHANNELS
• CHAPTER 5. PRESSURE DROP IN THE PNEUMATIC CONVEYANCE OF GRANULAR SOLIDS THROUGH A PIPE
• CHAPTER 6. THE MOTION OF A TWO-DIMENSIONAL BUOYANT VORTEX
• CHAPTER 7. THE HYDRODYNAMICS OF A PLANE GAS JET IMPINGING ON A MOVING LIQUID
• CHAPTER 8. A SIMPLIFIED APPROACH TO THE HYDRODYNAMICS OF BUTTERFLY VALVES
• CHAPTER 9. EQUILIBRIUM OF FLOW IN AXIAL FLOW FANS DESIGNED FOR CONSTANT LIFT-DRAG RATIO
• CHAPTER 10. SOME HYDRAULIC ASPECTS OF UNCONVENTIONAL ROCKFILL DAMS
• CHAPTER 11. HYDRAULIC MECHANISM OF RUN-OFF
• CHAPTER 12. THE FLOW OF AIR THROUGH WIRE SCREENS
• CHAPTER 13. FLOW-INDUCED VIBRATIONS OF CYLINDRICAL STRUCTURES
• CHAPTER 14. COUNTER-CURRENT TWO-PHASE FLOW IN PACKED LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION TOWERS-ESTIMATION OF HOLD-UP AT AND BELOW FLOODING
• CHAPTER 15. A FEW STUDIES ON CAVITATION IN CENTRIFUGAL TYPE PUMPS
• CHAPTER 16. SPATIALLY VARIED FLOW AT THE TOE OF A ROCK-FILL SLOPE
• CHAPTER 17. AN EXACT THEORY OF SIMPLE FINITE SHALLOW WATER OSCILLATIONS ON A ROTATING EARTH
• CHAPTER 18. THE INFLUENCE OF ENTROPY IN ONE-DIMENSIONAL NOZZLE FLOWS
• CHAPTER 19. AN ANALOGUE COMPUTER FOR THE SOLUTION OF DRAINAGE PROBLEMS
• CHAPTER 20. MARINE PROPELLER VIBRATION RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
• CHAPTER 21. PRESSURE SURGES IN FIRE SERVICES OF TALL BUILDINGS
• CHAPTER 22. ON THE PROBLEM OF SEDIMENT TRANSPORT
• CHAPTER 23. ON THE HORIZONTAL DIFFUSION OVER THE SEA SURFACE
• CHAPTER 24. HYDRAULIC ANALOGY STUDIES OF SHOCK ATTACHMENT TO WEDGES
• CHAPTER 25. TRANSDUCERS FOR DYNAMIC FLUID PRESSURES
• CHAPTER 26. A WATER TUNNEL TO INVESTIGATE THE BEHAVIOUR OF OIL DROP SUSPENSIONS IN MOVING WATER
• CHAPTER 27. WATERHAMMER ANALYSIS WITH NONLINEAR FRICTIONAL RESISTANCE
• CHAPTER 28. SEDIMENT TRANSPORT IN ALLUVIAL CHANNELS
• CHAPTER 29. SINK VORTICES AND WHIRLWINDS
• CHAPTER 30. ANALYSIS OF SHALLOW WATER WAVE PATTERNS PRODUCED BY A TRAVELLING MODEL WITH STRAIGHT AND CIRCULAR COURSES