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,Preface
Themobjectiv esmof mthismbook maremt wofo ld: m (1) mfor mthem student, mto msho w mho
w mthemfundamentalmprincip lesmunderly in gmthe mbehavio rmof mf lu ids m(with mem
phasismon mone-
dimensional mmacroscopic mbalances)m can mbemapplied m in man morganized mand ms
ystematicmmanner mto mthem so lut ion mof mp ractical men gineerin gmp rob lems,mand m (
2)mfor mthemp racticin g men gineer,mto mp rov ide ma mready mreferen cemof m current minf
orma-
mtion mand mbasic mm ethodsmfo rmthe manalysismof ma mvariety mof mp rob lem smencoun
tered min mpracticalmen gineerin g msituation s.
Them scope mof mcoverage m includes m interna lmf lo ws mof m Newton ian mand mno
n-
m Newton ian mincomp ressib le mflu ids,mad iabatic mand misoth ermal mcompressib le m
flo ws m(up mto mson icmo rmchok in g mcond it ions), mt wo-phase m(gas– liqu id, mso lid–
mliqu id ,mand m gas–
solid )mf lo ws,m externa lmf lo ws m(e.g.,md rag), mand mflo w m in mpo rous mmed ia.m App li
cationsm include md imensional manalysismand mscale -up, mpip in g msy s-
mtemsm with mfitt in gs mfor m Newton ian mand mnon-
Newton ian mflu id sm (for munkno wn md riv in gmforce, munkno wn mf lo w mrate,munk no
wn mdiameter, mor mmost m econom icalmd iameter), mcomp ressib le mp ipe mflo wsmup m
to mchoked mf lo w, mflo w mmeasurement mand m contro l,m pumps,m compresso rs,m f l
, uid-particlem separation m methods m (e.g.,
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