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N5 Fluid Mechanics
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Table of contents
- SECTION 1: HYDROSTATICS
- Module 1: Properties of fluids
- 1.1 Definition of a fluid
- 1.2 Physical properties of fluids
- Module 2: Pressure systems
- 2.1 Static pressure
- 2.2 Types of pressure
- 2.3 Pressure calculations on manometers as pressure measuring devices
- Module 3: Simple hydraulics systems
- 3.1 Actuating cylinders
- 3.2 Viscous resistance in rotating shafts or pistons
- Module 4: Hydrostatic forces on submerged areas
- 4.1 Hydrostatic force on flat surfaces and the centre of pressure
- 4.2 Hydrostatic forces on rectangular- and circular tanks containingsurface pressure on two liquids
- 4.3 Hydrostatic forces on plane submerged surfaces
- Module 5: Buoyancy and stability of floating and immersed bodies
- 5.1 Archimedes’ principle
- 5.2 Buoyancy
- SECTION 2: HYDRODYNAMICS
- Module 6: Fluid in motion
- 6.1 The nature of fluids and types flow
- 6.2 Fluid in motion calculations
- Module 7: Flow measurement using instruments
- 7.1 Flow measurement
- Module 8: Pipeline systems
- 8.1 Losses in pipelines
- Module 9: Flow through orifices
- 9.1 Small orifices
- Module 10: Conservation of fluid momentum
- 10.1 Force exerted by a jet of fluid
- 10.2 Force exerted on reducers and bends
- Module 11: Reciprocating pumps
- 11.1 Types of reciprocating pumps and heads
- 11.2 Types of pressure heads
- 11.3 Basic calculations of reciprocating pumps
- Answers to exercises
- Glossary