[eBook Code] Case Studies in Fluid Mechanics with Sensitivities to Governing Variables (eBook Code, 1st)

Series Preface vii

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xi

About the Author xiii

Introduction xv

1 Draining Fluid from a Tank 1

2 Vertical Rise of a Weather Balloon 9

3 Stability of a Floating Cone inWater 17

4 Wind Drag Forces on People 23

5 Creeping Flow Past a Sphere 29

6 Venturi Meter 39

7 Fluid’s Surface Shape in a Rotating Cylindrical Tank 45

8 Pin Floating on Surface of a Liquid 53

9 Small Raindrops 59

10 Range of an Aircraft 63

11 Designing a Water Clock 67

12 Water Turbine under a Dam 75

13 Centrifugal Separation of Particles 81

14 A Simple Carburetor 89

15 Ideal Gas Flow in Nozzles and Diffusers 97

16 Laminar Flow in a Pipe 103

17 Water Supply from a Lake to a Factory 109

18 Air or Water Flow Required to Cool a PC Board 113

19 Convection Mass Transfer through Air–Water Interface 123

20 Heating a Room by Natural Convection 129

21 Laminar Flow through Porous Material 137

22 Condensation on the Surface of a Vertical Plate in a Laminar Flow Regime 145

23 A Non-Newtonian Fluid Flow in a Pipe 153

24 Bubble Rise in a Glass of Beer 163

References 169

Index 171