Czech Technical University in Praha

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics

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CONTENTS

[A] BASIC RELATIONS

[A](a) Objectives of the textbook.....................................................................
a01
[A](b) Task of fluid mechanics.........................................................................
a03
[A](c) Quantities and their symbols..................................................................
a05
[A](d) Basic laws.............................................................................................
a08

[B] HYDROSTATICS

[B](a) Pressure in stagnant fluid..................................................................
b01
[B](b) Pressure force..............................................................................
b03
[B](c) Capacitance of vessles......................................................................
b09

[C] PRINCIPLES OF HYDRODYNAMICS

[C](a) Kinetic energy of flowing fluid.................................................
c01
[C](b) Pressure and kinetic energy exchange............................................
c03
[C](c) Integration of the Castelli theorem...............................................
c05
[C](d) Pressure and positional energy exchange.........................................
c08

[D] LOSSES

[D](a) Transformation into heat..........................................................
d01
[D](b) Friction losses, viscosity, Reynolds number.......................................
d02
[D](c) Local losses, dissipance. Valves .................................................
d09
[D](d) Disipance of diffusers, grids and fabric .........................................
d12

[E] UNSTEADY FLOW

[E](a) Inertial term in the Bernoullis' theorem...........................................
e01
[E](b) Another characterisation quantity: inertance......................................
e04

[F] RELATIVE MOTION

[F](a) Work done during motion..........................................................
f01
[F](b) Translational motion..............................................................
f02
[F](c) Rotational motion.................................................................
f03
[F](d) Turbomachinery....................................................................
f06

[G] SYSTEMS

[G](a) Basic concepts and relations......................................................
g01
[G](b) Steady states.....................................................................
g06
[G](c) Transitional processes............................................................
g11
[G](d) Periodic processes, alternating and pulsating flow................................
g16

[H] CONTROL VOLUME METHOD

[H](a) Force balance equation............................................................
h01
[H](b) Fluid action on an element........................................................
h03
[H](c) Force effects of fluid jets.......................................................
h06

[I] SHEAR REGIONS

[I](a) Regions with large transverse velocity gradient...................................
i01
[I](b) Laminar shear flows................................................................
i03
[I](c) Turbulence........................................................................
i08
[I](d) Basic turbulent shear regions.....................................................
i12

[J] FLOW PAST BODIES

[J](a) Drag force acting on the body.....................................................
j01
[J](b) Friction drag component...........................................................
j02
[J](c) Pressure drag.....................................................................
j06
[J](d) Lift....................................................................
j11
INDEX

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