This textbook attempts to cover all the topics concerning fluid Mechanics, Hydraulics and Hydraulic Machines, keeping in view the requirements of undergraduate engineering students of all branches. Beginning with fundamentals, advanced topics are discussed towards the end of each chapter. This book written in SI System of units should be a single guiding reference material for most university examinations, AMIE and other competitive examinations. While dealing with various aspects, emphasis is on showing a physical picture of the situation with the help of diagrams.

Chapter 1. Properties of Fluids Chapter 2. Pressure and Its Measurement Chapter 3. Hydrostatic Forces on Surfaces Chapter 4. Buoyancy and Floatation Chapter 5. Kinematics of Flow and Ideal Flow Chapter 6. Dynamics of Fluid Flow Chapter 7. Orifices and Mouthpieces Chapter 8. Notches and Weirs Chapter 9. Viscous Flow Chapter 10. Turbulent Flow Chapter 11. Flow Through Pipes Chapter 12. Dimensional and Model Analysis Chapter 13. Boundary Layer Flow Chapter 14. Forces on Sub-merged Bodies Chapter 15. Compressible Flow Chapter 16. Flow in Open Channels Chapter 17. Impact of Jets and Jet Propulsion Chapter 18. Hydraulic Machines - Turbines Chapter 19. Centrifugal Pumps Chapter 20. Reciprocating Pumps Chapter 21. Fluid System Objective Type Questions Appendix Subject Index

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Fluid Mechanics And Hydraulic Machines 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.

Divided in two parts, “A Textbook of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines” is one of the most exhaustive texts on the subject for close to 20 years. For the students of Mechanical Engineering, it can easily be used as a reference text for other courses as well. Important topics ranging from Fluid Dynamics, Laminar Flow and Turbulent Flow to Hydraulic Turbines and Centrifugal pumps are well explained in this book. A total of 23 chapters (combined both units) followed by two special chapters of ‘Universities' Questions (Latest) with Solutions’ and ‘GATE and UPSC Examinations' Questions with Answers/Solutions’ after each unit also make it an excellent resource for aspirants of various entrance examinations.

This comprehensive book is an earnest endeavour to apprise the readers with a thorough understanding of all important basic concepts and methods of fluid mechanics and hydraulic machines. The text is organised into sixteen chapters, out of which the first twelve chapters are more inclined towards imparting the conceptual aspects of fluids mechanics, while the remaining four chapters accentuate more on the details of hydraulic machines. The book is supplemented with solutions manual for instructors containing detailed solutions of all chapter-end unsolved problems. Primarily intended as a text for the undergraduate students of civil, mechanical, chemical and aeronautical engineering, this book will be of immense use to the postgraduate students of hydraulics engineering, water resources engineering, and fluids engineering. Key features • The book describes all concepts in easy-to-grasp language with diagrammatic representation and practical examples. • A variety of worked-out examples are included within the text, illustrating the wide applications of fluid mechanics. • Every chapter comprises summary that presents the main idea and relevant details of the topics discussed. • Almost all chapters incorporate objective type questions of previous years’ GATE examinations, along with their answers and in-depth explanations. • Previous years’ IES conventional questions are provided at the end of most of the chapters. • A set of theoretical questions and numerous unsolved numerical problems are provided at the chapter-end to help the students from practice pointof-view. • Every chapter consists of a section Suggested Reading comprising a list of publications that the students may refer for more detailed information.

This is an ideal offering for the complete course on Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines. Written in a simple and lucid style, the book covers the basic principles and its application to the solution of engineering problems. This book is apt for self-study by the students and lays down a strong foundation for problem-solving abilities.

The popularity of all the earlier thirteen editions of the book among the students as well as the teachers has made it possible to bring out the fourteenth edition of the book so soon. In this edition the book has been brought out in A-4 size thereby considerably enhancing the general get-up of the book. The book in this fourteenth edition is entirely in SI Units and it has been thoroughly revised in the light of the valuable suggestions received from the learned professors and the students of the various Universities. Accordingly several new articles have been added. The answers of all the illustrative examples and the problems have been checked and corrected. Moreover, several new problems from the latest question papers of the different Universities as well as competitive examinations have been incorporated. Thus, it may be emphatically stated that the book is complete in all respects and it covers the entire syllabus in the subject for degree students in the different branches of engineering for almost all the Universities. Therefore this Single Book fulfills the entire needs of the students intending to appear at the various University Examinations and also for those intending to appear at the various competitive examination such as engineering services and the ICS examinations and for those preparing for AMIE examinations. OUTSTANDING FEATURES " Twenty nine chapters covering entire subject matter of Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulics and Hydraulic Machines. " SI Units used for the entire book " More than 200 multiple choice questions with answers " Appendix containing computer programs to solve problems of uniform and critical flows in open channels. " Ten appendixes dealing with some important topics.

Following a concise overview of fluid mechanics informed by numerous engineering applications and examples, this reference presents and analyzes major types of fluid machinery and the major classes of turbines, as well as pump technology. It offers professionals and students in hydraulic engineering with background concepts as well as practical coverage of modern turbine technologies, fully explaining the advantages of both steam and gas turbines. Description, design, and operational information for the Pelton, Francis, Propeller, and Kaplan turbines are provided, as are outlines of various types of power plants. It provides solved examples, chapter problems, and a thorough case study.