I-2 Index
Bernoulli equation: (cont.)
irrotational flow, 130, 283
outside boundary layer, 473
physical interpretation, 102
restrictions on use of, 126, 281, video V3.12
unsteady flow, 128
use of, 110, video V3.2
Best efficiency point, 660
Best hydraulic cross section, 554
BG units, see British gravitational system of units
Bingham plastic, 17
Blade velocity, 647
Blasius, H., 29, 353, 475
Blasius formula, 353, 415
Blasius solution, 476, 477
Blower, 645, 673
Blunt bodies, 463, video V9.2
Body force, 40, 201, 276
Boiling, 23, 116
Booster, 673
Bottom slope, 541
Boundary conditions:
inviscid flow, 295
no-slip, 15, 297, 309, video V1.4, video V6.11,
video V6.12
numerical methods, 705
pipe exit, 110
Boundary element method, 701
Boundary layer:
concept of, 27, 282, 468, video V1.4, video
V6.11, video V9.8
displacement thickness, 472
effect of pressure gradient on, 488
effect of wall roughness, 504
equations, 475
flat plate, 470, 472
laminar:
approximate solution, 482
Blasius solution, 476, 477
momentum integral equation for, 479, 482
momentum thickness, 474
pipe, 388
pressure gradient, 488
separation, 468, 490, video V6.8
thickness, 472, video V9.3
transition, 471, 483, video V9.5
turbulent, 471, 485
velocity profiles, 484, 491, video V9.3
vorticity, 471
Bound vortex, 519, video V4.6
Bourdon pressure gage, 55, video V2.3
Boussinesq, J., 405
Brake horsepower, 659
British gravitational system of units, 8
Broad-crested weir, 564, video V10.14
Buckingham, E., 29, 335
Buckingham pi theorem, 335
Bulk modulus, 20, 587, video V1.7
of common liquids, 12
of elasticity, 20
Buoyant force, 68, video V2.6, video V2.7,
video V11.4
Canal, 551
Capillary action, 25, video V1.10
Capillary tube viscometer, 33, video V1.5
Casing, 653
Cauchy, A., 28, 349
Cauchy number, 347, 349
Cavitation, 24, 116
number, 349, 363, 372
Center of buoyancy, 69, video V2.10
Center of pressure, 58, 60
Central difference, 703
Centrifugal pump, 653
Centroid, 59
of common areas, 60
CFD, 318, 701, video V2.9, video V6.2,
video V6.15, video V11.5, video VA.1
Chaos, 409
Chezy, A., 28, 548
Chezy coefficient, 549
Chezy equation, 547, 548
Choked flow, 597, 613
Chord length, 514
Circulation, 292
about an airfoil, 518
origin of, 519
Colebrook formula, 414
Completely turbulent flow, 412
Composite body drag, 507
Compressibility criterion, 127
Compressibility of fluids, 20
Compressible flow, 126, 580, video V11.4
with area change, 593, video V11.5, video V11.6
categories, 588
graphs of, 721–724
with friction, 609
with heat transfer, 620
turbomachines, 685
two-dimensional, 635
Compression wave, 635, video V11.7
Compressor, 645, 673, 686, video V12.5
corrected speed, 689
multi stage, 686
stall, 688
surge, 688
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), 318, 701,
video V2.9, video V6.2, video V6.15, video V11.5
Conservation:
of energy, see First law of thermodynamics
of linear momentum, 200, 275, video V5.4,
video V5.5, video V5.6
of mass, 112, 188, 269
Contact angle, 25
Continuity equation:
cylindrical coordinates, 272
differential equation, 270
finite control volume, 112, 188
compressible flow, 593
incompressible flow, 195, video V5.1, video V5.2
unsteady flow, 189, 271
rectangular coordinates, 270
Continuum hypothesis, 4
Contraction coefficient, 111, 121, 566
Control surface, 165
Control volume, 165
accelerating, 201
deforming, 166, 198
fixed, 165, 188
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