Mechanics of Engineering, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint): Hydraulics - Couverture souple

Church, Irving Porter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1333658761 ISBN 13 : 9781333658762

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Master the fundamentals of fluids with practical, engineer-focused explanations. This volume, Mechanics of Engineering, Vol. 4: Hydraulics, presents the core ideas behind fluid pressure, hydrostatics, and fluid motion in clear terms.

Structured for quick understanding, it explains how fluids behave at rest and in motion, introduces key concepts like heaviness (density) and atmospheric pressure, and shows how these ideas apply to problems in engineering. The text blends definitions, worked examples, and tables to illustrate real-world applications—from measuring pressure to computing flows through openings and channels. It also surveys the relationships between gases and liquids, and how thematics like contraction, jets, and open-channel flow fit into hydraulic practice.

• How pressure per unit area is defined and measured, including atmospheric pressure and its implications.


• Hydrostatics basics: pressure within fluids at rest and the forces on boundaries.


• Practical tools like tables and worked examples for heaviness, density, and common fluids.


• Applications to discharge through orifices, jet behavior, and open-channel flow.

Ideal for students and professionals seeking a solid, hands-on foundation in hydraulics.

Closing line

Ideal for readers who want a clear, practical grounding in hydraulic principles and their engineering applications.

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The same general design has been kept in view in the preparation of the following work as in the preceding pages onS olids, viz.: to combine clearness and consistency in the setting forth and illustmtion of theoretical principles; to provide numerous and fully-lettered diagrams, in which in most cases the notation of the accompanying text can be apprehended at a glance ;and to invite close attention to the proper use of systems of units in numerical examples, the latter being introduced very copiously and with detailed explanations. Advantage has been taken of the results of the most reeent experimental investigations inH ydraulics in assigning values of the numerous coelQ ficients necessary in this science. The researches of Messrs. Fteley andS teams in 1880 and of M. Bazin in 1887 on the flow of water over weirs, and of Mr. Clemens Herschel in testing his invention the Venturi Water-meter, are instances in point; as also some late experiments on the transmission of compressed air and of natural gas. Though space has forbidden dealing at any great length with the action of fluid motors, sufficient matter is given in treating of the mode of working of steam, gas, and hot-air engines, aircompressors, and pumping-engines, together with numerical examples, to be of considerable advantage, it is thought, to students not making a specialty of mechanical engineering. Special acknowledgment is due to Col. J. T. Fanning, the well-known author of Hydraulic and Water-supply Engineering, for his consent to the use of an abridgment of the table of coefficients for friction of water in pipes, given in that work; and toP rof. C. L. Crandall, of tliis university, for permission to incorporate the chapter on Retaining-walls. Beferences to original research in the Hydraulic Laboratory of the Civil Engineering Department at this institution will be found on pp. 694 and 729. C
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1333658761
• ISBN 13: 9781333658762
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 330
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