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Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines, 1/e


Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines, 1/e
Author(s)  S. C. Gupta
ISBN  9788177583649
Imprint  Pearson Education
Copyright  2006
Pages  596
Binding  Paperback
List Price  Rs. 1000.00
  
 
 

This text is designed for the course on fluid mechanics and hydraulic machines offered to the undergraduate students of mechanical and civil engineering. Written in a lucid style, the book lays emphasis on explaining the logic and physics of critical problems to develop analytical skills in the reader.
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S. C. Gupta, former Professor and Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Engineering College, Kota, is currently teaching at the RKG Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad. He has over 30 years of teaching experience and has taught thermodynamics, thermal engineering, fluid mechanics and vibrations. His research papers have been published in various international journals, as well as in The Journal of the Institution of Engineers, India. Associated with the development of curricula in Rajasthan and Jodhpur universities, S. C. Gupta has also served as the principal, chief warden, and chief proctor at Engineering College, Kota, in addition to being the chairman of the Institution of Engineers (India).
 

  1. Fluid Statics

  2. Mathematical Modelling of Flow

  3. Ideal Fluid Flow

  4. Flow through Pipe and Channel

  5. Laminar Flow

  6. Turbulent Flow

  7. Compressible Flow

  8. Non-Dimensional Analysis

  9. Rota-Machines

  10. Other Hydraulic Systems

  11. Experimental Methods
 

  • Over 200 solved problems and numerous practice problems that go beyond the simple formulae-substitution problems.

  • Detailed treatment of fluid dynamics, boundary-layer flow, compressible and incompressible flows, and turbulent flows.

  • Separate chapters on mathematical modelling of flow and non-dimensional analysis.

  • Coverage of various hydraulic machines/systems such as jets, centrifugal pumps, turbines, reciprocating pumps, cranes, lifts, presses and couplings.

  • An appendix on mathematical concepts including vector algebra, calculus, integrals, coordinate systems, tensor notations and conformal mapping.
 
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