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Understanding Stress and Strain: How Materials Behave Under Load
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Flow Around Immersed Bodies
Flow Around Immersed Bodies - We see that when a solid body is held in…
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Hooke’s Law and Modulus of Elasticity
Hooke’s Law According to Hooke’s law for a small deformation, the stress in a body…
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Indicated mean effective pressure
The indicated mean effective pressure of an IC engine is obtained from the indicator diagram…
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Lami’s Theorem
In statics, Lami’s theorem is an equation that relates the magnitudes of three coplanar, concurrent and non-collinear…
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Hydraulic Gradient and Total Energy Lines
The line representing the sum of pressure head (p/w) and potential head or datum head…
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Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics – Introduction
The word 'Hydraulics' has been derived from a Greek word 'Hudour' which means water. The…
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Hydraulic Coefficients
Hydraulic Coefficients include Coefficient of contraction, Coefficient of velocity, Coefficient of discharge and Coefficient of…
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Bernoulli’s Principle and Equation
During 17th century, Daniel Bernoulli investigated the forces present in a moving fluid, derived an equation…
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Atmospheric Pressure, Gauge Pressure and Absolute Pressure
The atmospheric air exerts a normal pressure upon all surfaces with which it is in…
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Equilibrium of Floating Bodies
The equilibrium of floating bodies is of the following three types: 1. Stable equilibrium. If a…