FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS. The of hydraulics. Fluids. Units used in hydraulics. PRINCIPLES OF HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE. Unit pressure, p. Direction of resultant pressure. Pascal´s law. HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE ON SURFACES. Total pressure on place surfaces. Center of pressure on plane surfaces. Serigraphic method of lo9cation of center of pressure. RELATIVE EQUILIBRIUM OF LIQUIDS. Relative equilibrium defined. Vessel moving with constant linear acceleration. Vessel rotating about a vertical axis. FUNDAMENTALS OF FLUID FLOW. Path lines and stream tubes. Laminar and turbulent flow. Discharge. ORIFICES, TUBES, AND WEIRS. Description. Velocity of discharge. Coefficient old velocity. PIPES. Critical velocities in popes. Analysis of velocities. Velocity head in pipe. OPEN CHANNELS. Uses of open channels. Distribution of velocities. Wetted perimeter and hydraulic radius. HYDRODYNAMICS. Fundamental principles. Interpretation of Newton{s laws. Vectors. HYDRAULIC SIMILITUDE AND DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS. Principies of similitud. Geometric similarity. Kinematic similarity.

King, Horace W 1948 1948