This note
explains the following topics: introduction to fluid mechanics, Static pressure
of liquids, Pressure measuring devices, Floating bodies, Fluid flow, Flow
through pipes, Flow through orifices, mouthpieces, notches and weirs, Measuring
instruments, Dimensional analysis and pumps.
These lecture notes provide a introduction to fluid mechanics, aimed
at undergraduates. The contents in this page are as follows : Introduction and
Inviscid Flows, The Navier-Stokes Equation, Waves, Instabilities, Turbulence.
The course
provides a survey of continuum fluid mechanics. Part I gives an extensive
development of the compressible Navier-Stokes equations. Part II focuses on
their solution in various limits: vorticity dynamics, compressible flow,
potential flow, and viscous laminar flow. The emphasis is on fluid physics and
the mathematics necessary to efficiently describe the physics.
Author(s): Joseph M. Powers, Department of
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame