An Introductory Guide to Industrial Flow

Commonly measured fluid parameters; basic ideas on fluid mechanics; flow losses in pipes and ducts; flows in the boundary layer next to a duct wall; compressible flow; oscillations and waves in fluids and water hammer; open channel flow; multiphase flow; steam; computer field dynamics - present achievements and future developments. Appendices: gas tables; steam tables; steam chart; boundary layer equations; derivation of the compressible flow equations.