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Absolute pressure, 13, 48
Absolute temperature, 7, 13
Absolute velocity, 176, 196, 218, 647
Absolute viscosity, 15
of air, 717, 718
of common gases, 14, 714
of common liquids, 12, 714
of U.S. Standard Atmosphere, 719, 720
of water, 716
Acceleration, 95, 156, 265
centrifugal, 164, video V3.4
convective, 160, 164
field, 156, 265
gravitational, 8, 719, 720
local, 159
normal, 95, 164, video V3.1, video V3.4
particle, 156
streamwise, 95, 164, video V3.1, video V5.3
Accessibility of flow, 544
Acoustic velocity, 22, 585
of air, 717, 718
of water, 716
Adiabatic flow, 224, 584
with friction, see Fanno line flow
reversible, see Isentropic flow
Adverse pressure gradient, 300, 490
Aerodynamics, 28
Air, table of properties of, 717, 718
Airfoil, 514, video V9.15, video V9.17, video V9.18
Alternate depths, 543
Analogy, compressible and open channel flow, 634
Andrade’s equation, 18
Aneroid barometer, 55
Angle:
of attack, 492, 515
of contact, 25
of Mach cone, 590
Angular deformation, 264, 267, 269, video V6.3
Angular momentum, see Moment of momentum
Angular momentum flow, 216, video V5.10
Annulus, flow in, 316
Apparent viscosity, 16
Archimedes, 27, 28, 69
Archimedes’ principle, 68, video V2.7
Area:
centroid, 59, 60
moment of inertia, 59, 60
product of inertia, 59, 60
Area ratio, critical, isentropic flow, 602
Aspect ratio:
airfoil, 515
plate, 341
Atmosphere, standard, 47
properties of, 47, 719, 720
Atmospheric pressure, 13, 47
Available energy, 230
Average velocity, 190
Axial-flow machine, 647
Axial-flow pump, 671
Axisymmetric flow, 463
Backward curved blades, 657
Backward difference, 703
Barometer:
aneroid, 55
mercury, 49
Basic differential equations of fluid motion, 279
Basic dimensions, 4, 334
Bellows meter, 447
Bends, 421
Bernoulli, D., 27, 28, 99
Bernoulli equation:
cautions on use of, 99, 281
derivation from F ma,
99, 279, video V3.1
derivation from first law of thermodynamics, 229
extended, 232
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