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Pipe flow : a practical and comprehensive guide
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Publication Information:
Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2012
Physical Description:
xix, 289 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
ISBN:
9780470901021

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Summary

Pipe Flow provides the information required to design and analyze the piping systems needed to support a broad range of industrial operations, distribution systems, and power plants. Throughout the book, the authors demonstrate how to accurately predict and manage pressure loss while working with a variety of piping systems and piping components.

The book draws together and reviews the growing body of experimental and theoretical research, including important loss coefficient data for a wide selection of piping components. Experimental test data and published formulas are examined, integrated and organized into broadly applicable equations. The results are also presented in straightforward tables and diagrams.

Sample problems and their solution are provided throughout the book, demonstrating how core concepts are applied in practice. In addition, references and further reading sections enable the readers to explore all the topics in greater depth.

With its clear explanations, Pipe Flow is recommended as a textbook for engineering students and as a reference for professional engineers who need to design, operate, and troubleshoot piping systems. The book employs the English gravitational system as well as the International System (or SI).


Author Notes

Donald C. Rennels has been working in the Nuclear Energy Division of GE since 1971. His work has included developing network flow models of reactor vessel internals and various nuclear steam supply systems as well as preparing technical design procedures. In his time at GE, he has won six General Manager Awards.

Hobart M. Hudson has been working in the Test Division of Aerojet since 1977. As a senior engineering specialist, he performed analyses of existing rocket test equipment and designed new equipment. As a mechanical engineering consultant, he has worked on various rocket test system designs and analyses, including the Mars Lander Engine.


Table of Contents

Preface
Foreword Nomenclature
Part I Prologue
1 Fundamentals
2 Conservation Equations
3 Incompressible Flow
4 Compressible Flow
5 Network Analysis
6 Transient Analysis
7 Uncertainty
Part II Prologue
8 Surface Friction
9 Entrances
10 Contractions
11 Expansions
12 Exits
13 Orifices
14 Flow Meters
15 Bends
16 Tees
17 Pipe Joints
18 Valves
19 Threaded Fittings
Part III Prologue
20 Cavitation
21 Flow Induced Vibration
22 Temperature Rise
23 Flow to Run Full
Appendix
Index