Encyclopedia of Fluid Mechanics

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Title Page
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Table of Contents
Preface
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1 Ablation to Axisymmetric Flow
1.1 Ablation
1.2 Ablaze
1.3 Abnormal weather
1.4 Above ground level
1.5 Absolute entropy
1.6 Absolute humidity
1.7 Absolute incidence
1.8 Absolute pressure
1.9 Absolute temperature scale
1.10 Absolute velocity
1.11 Acceleration
1.12 Acceleration due to gravity
1.13 Acceleration work
1.14 Acceptable noise level
1.15 Accuracy vs. precision
1.16 Acetone
1.17 Acid
1.18 Ackeret’s theory
1.19 Acoustics
1.20 Acoustical engineering
1.21 Active control
1.22 Active transport
1.23 Actuator disc theory
1.24 Adhesion
1.25 Adiabatic efficiency of nozzles
1.26 Adiabatic flame temperature
1.27 Adiabatic process
1.28 Advection
1.29 Advection process
1.30 Adverse pressure gradient
1.31 Adverse yaw
1.32 Aeroacoustics
1.33 Aeroballistics
1.34 Aerobatics
1.35 Aerobraking
1.36 Aerocapture
1.37 Aerodrome
1.38 Aerodynamic centre
1.39 Aerodynamic efficiency
1.40 Aerodynamic forces
1.41 Aerodynamic force and moment coefficients
1.42 Aerodynamic heating
1.43 Aerodynamic problems
1.44 Aerodynamic twist
1.45 Aerodynamics
1.46 Aerodynamics in other fields
1.47 Aerodynamically untwisted aerofoil
1.48 Aeroelasticity
1.49 Aerofoil
1.50 Aerofoil nomenclature
1.51 Aerofoil section
1.52 Aerofoils of small aspect ratio
1.53 Aeronautics
1.54 Aero gravity
1.55 Aeroplane
1.56 Aerosol
1.57 Aerospace
1.58 Aerospace engineering
1.59 Aerothermodynamics
1.60 Afterburner
1.61 Ailerons
1.62 Air
1.63 Air brakes
1.64 Air conditioners
1.65 Air-cooler
1.66 Air flow meter
1.67 Air-fuel ratio
1.68 Air intake system
1.69 Air pollution
1.70 Air traffic control (ATC)
1.71 Aircraft
1.72 Aircraft classification
1.73 Aircraft configurations
1.74 Aeroplane
1.75 Airport
1.76 Airship
1.77 Airspeed
1.78 Airspeed indicator (ASI)
1.79 Airway
1.80 Alcohol
1.81 Alcoholic fermentation
1.82 Alfa Laval nozzle
1.83 Alfa Laval spray nozzle
1.84 Altimeter
1.85 Altitude-compensating nozzle
1.86 Amagat’s law of additive volumes
1.87 Ammonia
1.88 Ammonia and hydrochloric acid
1.89 Ammonia solution
1.90 Amplitude
1.91 Amplitude of sound
1.92 Analogue methods
1.93 Anechoic chamber
1.94 Anemometer
1.95 Anemometer cup
1.96 Aneroid barometer
1.97 Angle of attack
1.98 Angle of attack of helicopter
1.99 Anhedral
1.100 Annular flow
1.101 Annular flow Reynolds number
1.102 Antiseptics
1.103 Aqua regia
1.104 Aquifer
1.105 Arch dam
1.106 Archimedes’ principle
1.107 Area-Mach number relation
1.108 Area-velocity relation
1.109 Argand diagram
1.110 Argon
1.111 Arrow
1.112 Articulated rotor system
1.113 Aspect ratio
1.114 Atlantic hurricane
1.115 Atom
1.116 Atomic mass
1.117 Atomic number
1.118 Atomic physics
1.119 Astronomical unit
1.120 Astronomy
1.121 Astrophysics
1.122 Asymmetrical aerofoil
1.123 Atmosphere
1.124 Atmospheric boundary layer
1.125 Atmospheric boundary layer thickness
1.126 Atmospheric pressure
1.127 Atmospheric temperature
1.128 Atmospheric turbulence
1.129 Audible range of human ear
1.130 Automotive cooling system
1.131 Autorotation
1.132 Availability
1.133 Average chord
1.134 Aviation
1.135 Aviation gasoline
1.136 Avionics
1.137 Avogadro’s law
1.138 Avogadro’s number
1.139 Axial flow fan
1.140 Axial flow pumps
1.141 Axis-switching
1.142 Axisymmetric flow
2 Backflow to Bypass Ratio
2.1 Backflow
2.2 Backpressure
2.3 Back work ratio
2.4 Baking
2.5 Ball valve
2.6 Ballistics
2.7 Ballistic missile
2.8 Balloon
2.9 Banked turn
2.10 Bar
2.11 Barometer
2.12 Barometric pressure
2.13 Barotropic fluids
2.14 Barrage
2.15 Barrel shock
2.16 Base drag
2.17 Base pressure
2.18 Basic dimensions
2.19 Basic laws
2.20 Basic potential equation for compressible flow
2.21 Basic solutions of Laplace’s equation
2.22 Battery
2.23 Beckmann thermometer
2.24 Beer
2.25 Benzene
2.26 Benzene ring
2.27 Bernoulli’s equation
2.28 Bernoulli’s principle
2.29 Betz manometer
2.30 Biharmonic equation
2.31 Bimetallic thermometers
2.32 Binary vapour cycle
2.33 Biogas
2.34 Biot number
2.35 Biot–Savart law
2.36 Biplane
2.37 Black hole
2.38 Black hole types
2.39 Black tea
2.40 Blade angle
2.41 Blade element theory
2.42 Blade loading
2.43 Blade stall
2.44 Blasius boundary layer
2.45 Blasius equation
2.46 Blasius solution
2.47 Blasius theorem
2.48 Blaze
2.49 Blended winglets
2.50 Blenk’s method
2.51 Blockage effect
2.52 Blood
2.53 Blood in the human body
2.54 Blood plasma
2.55 Blood pressure
2.56 Blowdown tunnel operation
2.57 Blower
2.58 Bluff body
2.59 Boat
2.60 Boattail
2.61 Body forces
2.62 Boiling
2.63 Boiling temperature of water
2.64 Boltzmann constant
2.65 Boltzmann distribution
2.66 Boltzmann equation for entropy
2.67 Bond energy
2.68 Booster pump
2.69 Bose–Einstein statistics
2.70 Bosons
2.71 Bound vortex
2.72 Boundary conditions
2.73 Boundary layer
2.74 Boundary layer blowing
2.75 Boundary layer control
2.76 Boundary layer fencing
2.77 Boundary layer suction
2.78 Boundary layer thickness
2.79 Boundary layer tripping
2.80 Bow shock
2.81 Boyle’s law
2.82 Brake horsepower
2.83 Brayton cycle
2.84 Breathing
2.85 Breathing blunt nose technique
2.86 Breeze
2.87 Broadband noise
2.88 Brownian motion
2.89 Bubble
2.90 Bubble flow
2.91 Bucket friction loss coefficient
2.92 Buckingham π-theorem
2.93 Bungee jumping
2.94 Buoyancy
2.95 Butter
2.96 Buttermilk
2.97 Bypass ratio
3 Calcium to Cylindrical Rectangular Aerofoil
3.1 Calcium
3.2 Calcium carbonate
3.3 Calibration
3.4 Caloric equations of state
3.5 Calorical properties
3.6 Calorific value
3.7 Calorific values of fuel
3.8 Camber
3.9 Camberline
3.10 Canard configuration
3.11 Canted winglets
3.12 Capacitance pickup
3.13 Capillary
3.14 Capillary action
3.15 Capillary waves
3.16 Carbonated water
3.17 Carnot cycle
3.18 Carnot heat engine
3.19 Carnot heat pump
3.20 Carnot principles
3.21 Carnot refrigerator
3.22 Carnot’s theorem
3.23 Cascade flow
3.24 Cauchy–Riemann equations
3.25 Cavitation
3.26 Ceiling
3.27 Centre of pressure
3.28 Centre of pressure coefficient
3.29 Centreline decay
3.30 Centrifugal force
3.31 Centrifugal pumps
3.32 Centripetal force
3.33 Channel
3.34 Chaotic advection
3.35 Chaotic flow
3.36 Chaotic mixing
3.37 Characteristics
3.38 Characteristic decay
3.39 Characteristic Mach number
3.40 Charles’ law
3.41 Chemical coating
3.42 Chemical energy
3.43 Chemical equilibrium
3.44 Choking
3.45 Chord of an aerofoil
3.46 Chord line
3.47 Chromatography
3.48 Chromel
3.49 Chromel-alumel thermocouple
3.50 Churn
3.51 Churn flow
3.52 Cider
3.53 Circular motion
3.54 Circular vortex
3.55 Circulation
3.56 Citric acid
3.57 Clapeyron equation
3.58 Classical hydrodynamics
3.59 Classical thermodynamics
3.60 Classification of auxiliary lift devices
3.61 Classification of hypersonic wind tunnels
3.62 Classification of pressure measuring devices
3.63 Classification of wind tunnel balance
3.64 Clausius statement of the second law is thermodynamics
3.65 Claw yaw probe
3.66 Clay
3.67 Closed-circuit tunnel
3.68 Closed-throat tunnel
3.69 Closed system
3.70 Cloud
3.71 Cloudburst
3.72 Coal
3.73 Coanda effect
3.74 Coastal flood
3.75 Coaxial
3.76 Cobra probe
3.77 Coconut oil
3.78 Coefficient of performance
3.79 Coefficient of (cubic) thermal expansion
3.80 Coefficient of volume expansion
3.81 Coffee
3.82 Cogeneration
3.83 Colloid
3.84 Colloidal solutions
3.85 Combined gas-vapour cycle
3.86 Combustion
3.87 Combustion chamber
3.88 Combustion temperature of charcoal
3.89 Combustion temperature of coal
3.90 Combustion temperature of gasoline
3.91 Combustion temperature of jet fuel
3.92 Combustion temperature of kerosene
3.93 Combustion temperature of wood
3.94 Combustor
3.95 Complex number
3.96 Components of a wind tunnel
3.97 Compound
3.98 Compound helicopter
3.99 Compound pendulum
3.100 Compound vortex
3.101 Compressed air
3.102 Compressed liquid
3.103 Compressed natural gas
3.104 Compressible aerodynamics
3.105 Compressible Bernoulli’s equation
3.106 Compressible flow
3.107 Compressible flow regimes
3.108 Compressible flow pressure coefficient
3.109 Compressible jets
3.110 Compressible subsonic flow
3.111 Compressibility
3.112 Compressibility factor
3.113 Compressibility issues
3.114 Compression and expansion corners
3.115 Compression ignition engine
3.116 Compression ratio
3.117 Compressor
3.118 Computational fluid dynamics
3.119 Concept of lost work
3.120 Conceptual
3.121 Condensation
3.122 Condensation temperature
3.123 Condenser microphones
3.124 Conduction
3.125 Conformal transformation
3.126 Coning angle
3.127 Conjugate
3.128 Conservation of energy
3.129 Conservation of energy principle
3.130 Conservation of entropy principle
3.131 Conservation laws
3.132 Conservation of mass
3.133 Conservation of momentum
3.134 Conservative system
3.135 Constant current anemometer
3.136 Constant temperature anemometer
3.137 Constant-volume gas thermometer
3.138 Constantan
3.139 Contact surface
3.140 Continuity concept
3.141 Continuity equation
3.142 Continuous compression
3.143 Continuum
3.144 Control of an aircraft
3.145 Control mass
3.146 Control surface
3.147 Control surfaces
3.148 Control volume
3.149 Convection
3.150 Convection effect
3.151 Convective acceleration
3.152 Convective heat transfer
3.153 Convective heat transfer coefficient
3.154 Convective Mach number
3.155 Convective mass transfer
3.156 Convergent nozzle
3.157 Convergent-divergent nozzle
3.158 Cooking oil
3.159 Coolant
3.160 Cooling pond
3.161 Copper-constantan thermocouple
3.162 Coriolis effect
3.163 Coriolis force
3.164 Correct bank angle
3.165 Correctly expanded operation
3.166 Corrosion
3.167 Corrosive gases
3.168 Cosmology
3.169 Couette flow
3.170 Creeping flow
3.171 Critical angle of attack
3.172 Critical circulation
3.173 Critical Mach number
3.174 Critical operation
3.175 Critical point
3.176 Critical pressure
3.177 Critical properties
3.178 Critical Reynolds number
3.179 Critical Reynolds number for flat plate
3.180 Critical Reynolds number for open channel flow
3.181 Critical Reynolds number for pipe flow
3.182 Critical state
3.183 Critical temperature
3.184 Critical volume
3.185 Crocco’s theorem
3.186 Crosswind
3.187 Crosswind landing
3.188 Cruise missile
3.189 Cryogenics
3.190 Cryogenic engine
3.191 Cryogenic fluids
3.192 Cryogenic fluid properties
3.193 Cryogenic propellants
3.194 Cryogenic temperature
3.195 Cup anemometer
3.196 Curd
3.197 Curl
3.198 Curvilinear motion
3.199 Cutoff ratio
3.200 Cyclone
3.201 Cyclone shelters
3.202 Cyclonic depression
3.203 Cylindrical rectangular aerofoil
4 d’Alembert’s Paradox to Dynamics
4.1 d’Alembert’s paradox
4.2 Dalton’s law of additive pressures
4.3 Dalton’s law of partial pressures
4.4 Darcy friction factor
4.5 Darcy number
4.6 Darcy relation
4.7 Darcy–Weisbach equation
4.8 Dead state
4.9 Decantation
4.10 Degrees of freedom
4.11 Deionized water
4.12 de Laval nozzle
4.13 Delta wing
4.14 Density
4.15 Density of air
4.16 Density of mercury
4.17 Density of pure water
4.18 Density of seawater
4.19 Detached shock
4.20 Dettol
4.21 Deuterium
4.22 Dew
4.23 Dew-point temperature
4.24 Dial-type pressure gauge
4.25 Diaphragm pressure gauges
4.26 Diesel cycle
4.27 Differences between the jet and piston engine aircraft
4.28 Differential aileron
4.29 Differential analysis
4.30 Different types of winglets
4.31 Diffraction
4.32 Diffuser
4.33 Diffuser stall
4.34 Diffusion
4.35 Diffusion flame
4.36 Dihedral angle
4.37 Dilution
4.38 Dimensional analysis
4.39 Dimensionless groups
4.40 Dimensions and units
4.41 Dimensionless velocity
4.42 Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC)
4.43 Directional stability
4.44 Disc loading
4.45 Disc-probe
4.46 Discharge coefficient
4.47 Displacement
4.48 Displacement meters
4.49 Displacement thickness
4.50 Dissimilar metals
4.51 Dissociation
4.52 Distillation
4.53 Distilled water
4.54 Divergence
4.55 Dorsal fin
4.56 Doublet
4.57 Downwash
4.58 Downwash consequences
4.59 Drag
4.60 Drag coefficient
4.61 Drag-body meters
4.62 Drag-divergence Mach number
4.63 Drainage
4.64 Drainage canal
4.65 Driver section
4.66 Drop
4.67 Droplet
4.68 Drug
4.69 Dry ice
4.70 Dual cycle
4.71 Duct
4.72 Ductility
4.73 Dust storm
4.74 Dutch roll
4.75 Dye
4.76 Dyke
4.77 Dynamic analysis
4.78 Dynamic instability
4.79 Dynamic pressure
4.80 Dynamic pressure gauges
4.81 Dynamics
5 Eckert Number to Extratropical Cyclone
5.1 Eckert number
5.2 Eddy
5.3 Eddy diffusion
5.4 Eddy viscosity
5.5 Eddy viscosity turbulence models
5.6 Effective angle of attack
5.7 Effective downwash
5.8 Effective head
5.9 Effects of the Earth’s rotation
5.10 Effects of the second throat
5.11 Efficiency of turbines
5.12 Effuser
5.13 Ekman boundary layer
5.14 Ekman suction
5.15 Electrolysis
5.16 Electrolytic tank
5.17 Electronic energy
5.18 Elevator
5.19 Embankment
5.20 Emulsifier
5.21 Emulsion
5.22 Endothermic reaction
5.23 Endurance of flight
5.24 Endurance of jet engine
5.25 Energy efficiency rating
5.26 Energy equation
5.27 Energy gradient
5.28 Energy ratio
5.29 Energy thickness
5.30 Engines
5.31 Enthalpy
5.32 Enthalpy of combustion
5.33 Enthalpy of formation
5.34 Enthalpy of reaction
5.35 Enthalpy of vapourisation
5.36 Entrainment
5.37 Entrance length
5.38 Entropy
5.39 Entropy layer
5.40 Entropy transport
5.41 Enzyme
5.42 Ethanol
5.43 Ethanol fuel
5.44 Ethyl acetate
5.45 Equation of state
5.46 Equilibrium
5.47 Equilibrium flows
5.48 Equilibrium Mach number
5.49 Equilibrium speed of sound
5.50 Equipartition of energy
5.51 Equivalence ratio
5.52 Equivalent airspeed (EAS)
5.53 Equivalent chord
5.54 Escape velocity
5.55 Escape velocity of Earth
5.56 Euler’s acceleration formula
5.57 Euler number
5.58 Eulerian description
5.59 Euler’s equations
5.60 Evaporation
5.61 Evaporative cooling
5.62 Excited state
5.63 Exosphere
5.64 Exothermic reaction
5.65 Expansion
5.66 Expansion levels of jets
5.67 Expansion section
5.68 Expansion tunnel
5.69 Experiment
5.70 Experimental accuracy
5.71 Experimental error
5.72 Experimental mean pitch
5.73 Explosion
5.74 Extensive properties
5.75 External aerodynamics
5.76 External balance
5.77 External flow
5.78 Externally reversible process
5.79 Extratropical cyclone
6 Factors Influencing Pitot-Static Tube Performance to Fusion Pyrometers
6.1 Factors influencing pitot-static tube performance
6.2 Fan
6.3 Fanno flow
6.4 Favourable pressure gradient
6.5 Feathered
6.6 Feathering
6.7 Feathering axis
6.8 Fence technique
6.9 Fermentation
6.10 Fermi-Dirac statistics
6.11 Fermions
6.12 Fick’s law
6.13 Field
6.14 Field approach
6.15 Figure of merit
6.16 Film temperature
6.17 Fin
6.18 Finite disturbance
6.19 Finite or three-dimensional wing
6.20 Fire
6.21 First law of thermodynamics
6.22 Fission energy
6.23 Five-hole yaw probes
6.24 Fixed error
6.25 Flammable
6.26 Flammable liquid
6.27 Flame
6.28 Flap
6.29 Flap effect on aerodynamic centre
6.30 Flaperons
6.31 Flapped aerofoil
6.32 Flapping
6.33 Flash flood
6.34 Flat turn
6.35 Flattening out flight
6.36 Flexible
6.37 Flight
6.38 Float
6.39 Floating element method
6.40 Flood
6.41 Flow analysis
6.42 Flow control valve
6.43 Flow deflection angle
6.44 Flow development length
6.45 Flow-induced vibration
6.46 Flow measurement
6.47 Flow meter
6.48 Flow of multicomponent mixtures
6.49 Flow past a flat plate
6.50 Flow through pipes
6.51 Flow separation
6.52 Flow visualisation
6.53 Flow work
6.54 Fluid
6.55 Fluid drop
6.56 Fluid element
6.57 Fluid mechanics
6.58 Fluid mechanics of perfect fluids
6.59 Fluid mechanics of real fluids
6.60 Fluid particle
6.61 Fluid statics
6.62 Fluids and the continuum
6.63 Fluid-jet anemometer
6.64 Fluid thermometers
6.65 Fluorinated gases
6.66 Fluorinated greenhouse gases
6.67 Fluorine
6.68 Flushing flow
6.69 Flush toilet
6.70 Flying saucer
6.71 Fog
6.72 Force and moment of a flying machine
6.73 Forced vortex
6.74 Form drag
6.75 Fortin barometer
6.76 Forward-swept wing
6.77 Fossil fuels
6.78 Fountain
6.79 Fourier’s law of heat conduction
6.80 Fowler flap
6.81 Francis turbine
6.82 Free-molecular flow
6.83 Free spiral vortex
6.84 Free surface
6.85 Free surface flow
6.86 Free vortex
6.87 Freon
6.88 Frequency of sound
6.89 Friction coefficient
6.90 Frictional drag
6.91 Frise
6.92 Frontal area
6.93 Frost
6.94 Froth
6.95 Froth flotation
6.96 Froude number
6.97 Frozen flow
6.98 Fuel
6.99 Fugacity
6.100 Fully developed flow
6.101 Fully developed pipe flow
6.102 Fully developed region
6.103 Fumes
6.104 Fuselage
6.105 Fusion power
6.106 Fusion pyrometers
7 Gas to Gyroscopic Effect
7.1 Gas
7.2 Gas constant
7.3 Gas dynamics
7.4 Gas dynamics divisions
7.5 Gas mixture
7.6 Gas molecules
7.7 Gas refrigeration cycle
7.8 Gas thermometer
7.9 Gas turbine
7.10 Gasoline
7.11 Gasoline boiling point
7.12 Gate valve
7.13 Geography
7.14 Geometric twist
7.15 Geometrical angle of attack
7.16 Geometrical incidence
7.17 Geophysics
7.18 Geostationary orbit
7.19 Geostationary satellite
7.20 Geostrophic motion
7.21 Geothermal energy
7.22 Geothermal gradient
7.23 General motion
7.24 ‘g’ factor
7.25 Gibbs equation
7.26 Gibbs free energy
7.27 Glacier
7.28 Gladstone–Dale empirical equation
7.29 Glider
7.30 Gliding
7.31 Gliding turn
7.32 Global warming
7.33 Globe valve
7.34 Glucose
7.35 Glycerin
7.36 Glycolic acid
7.37 Glycols
7.38 Gothert’s rule
7.39 Gradually varied flow
7.40 Grashof number
7.41 Gravitational work
7.42 Gravity
7.43 Gravity dam
7.44 Gravity waves
7.45 Grease
7.46 Green tea
7.47 Greenhouse effect
7.48 Greenhouse gas
7.49 Gross head
7.50 Gross wing area
7.51 Ground effect
7.52 Ground speed
7.53 Ground state
7.54 Groundwater
7.55 Gun tunnel
7.56 Gushing flow
7.57 Gyroplane
7.58 Gyroscopic effect
8 Hail to Hypothesis
8.1 Hail
8.2 Hailstorm
8.3 Hang gliding
8.4 Hard water
8.5 Hartmann number
8.6 Hartmann–Sprenger tube
8.7 Headwind
8.8 Heart
8.9 Heat
8.10 Heat engines
8.11 Heat exchangers
8.12 Heat pump
8.13 Heat transfer
8.14 Heat transfer gauge
8.15 Heat transfer from rockets
8.16 Heating value
8.17 Heavy water
8.18 Heisler charts
8.19 Hele–Shaw apparatus
8.20 Hele–Shaw flow
8.21 Helicopter
8.22 Helicopter configurations
8.23 Helium
8.24 Helix angle
8.25 Helmholtz’s theorems
8.26 Heterogeneous system
8.27 Hexane
8.28 High-enthalpy facilities
8.29 High-enthalpy flows
8.30 High-lift aerofoils
8.31 High-lift devices
8.32 High speed
8.33 High-speed birds
8.34 High-speed wind tunnel
8.35 High wing
8.36 Highly underexpanded jet
8.37 Hohmann minimum-energy trajectory
8.38 Homogeneous mixture
8.39 Honey
8.40 Honeycombs
8.41 Horizontal buoyancy
8.42 Horseshoe vortex
8.43 Hot spring
8.44 Hotshot tunnels
8.45 Hot-wire anemometer
8.46 Hot-wire anemometer working principle
8.47 Hot-wire filament
8.48 Hot-wire probes
8.49 Hovercraft
8.50 Hovering flight
8.51 Hugoniot equation
8.52 Human body temperature
8.53 Human breathing rate
8.54 Human hearing limits
8.55 Humidity of air
8.56 Hurricane
8.57 Hydel power
8.58 Hydraulics
8.59 Hydraulic analogy
8.60 Hydraulic analogy theory
8.61 Hydraulic diameter
8.62 Hydraulic efficiency
8.63 Hydraulic grade line (HGL)
8.64 Hydraulic hose
8.65 Hydraulic jump
8.66 Hydraulic lift
8.67 Hydraulic machinery
8.68 Hydraulic mean depth
8.69 Hydraulic turbines
8.70 Hydrochloric acid
8.71 Hydrodynamica
8.72 Hydrodynamics
8.73 Hydroelectric dam
8.74 Hydrofoil
8.75 Hydrogen
8.76 Hydrogen fuel
8.77 Hydrometer
8.78 Hydroplaning
8.79 Hydropower
8.80 Hydrostatic pressure distribution
8.81 Hygroscopic
8.82 Hypersonic experimental facilities
8.83 Hypersonic flow
8.84 Hypersonic nozzle
8.85 Hypersonic similarity parameter
8.86 Hypersonic tunnels
8.87 Hypervelocity facilities
8.88 Hypervelocity flows
8.89 Hypothesis
9 ICBM to Isotopes
9.1 ICBM
9.2 Ice tank
9.3 Ideal fluid flow
9.4 Ideal gas
9.5 Ideal ramjet
9.6 Ignition system
9.7 Impact pressure
9.8 Impeller
9.9 Impulse function
9.10 Impulse sound
9.11 Impulse turbine
9.12 Impure materials
9.13 Inclined manometer
9.14 Incompressible aerodynamics
9.15 Incompressible flow
9.16 Incompressible jets
9.17 Incompressible substance
9.18 Increase-in-entropy principle
9.19 Indicated airspeed (IAS)
9.20 Induced air speed
9.21 Induced drag
9.22 Induced drag factor
9.23 Induced flow
9.24 Induced velocity field
9.25 Industrial tunnels
9.26 Inert gas
9.27 Inertia force
9.28 Infinite vortex
9.29 Inflammable
9.30 Infrared thermography
9.31 Infrasonic waves
9.32 Ink
9.33 Inlet flow process
9.34 Instrument landing system (ILS)
9.35 Intake
9.36 Integral analysis
9.37 Intensive properties
9.38 Interference
9.39 Interferometer
9.40 Interferometry
9.41 Intermittency
9.42 Internal aerodynamics
9.43 Internal balance
9.44 Internal energy
9.45 Internal flow
9.46 Internally reversible process
9.47 International space station
9.48 International Standard Atmosphere
9.49 Intersection of shocks of the same family
9.50 Inverted loop
9.51 Inverted manoeuvres
9.52 Inverted spin
9.53 Inviscid flow
9.54 Ionisation
9.55 Ionisation gauge
9.56 Ionisation state
9.57 Irreversible process
9.58 Irreversibilities
9.59 Irrigation
9.60 Irrigation sprinkler
9.61 Irrotational flow
9.62 Isentropic compression
9.63 Isentropic flow
9.64 Isentropic index
9.65 Isentropic process
9.66 Isentropic process relation
9.67 Isentropic relations
9.68 Isentropic stagnation state
9.69 Isobar
9.70 Isobaric process
9.71 Isochoric process
9.72 Isolated system
9.73 Isolator
9.74 Isothermal process
9.75 Isotopes
10 Jelly to Joule–Thomson Effect
10.1 Jelly
10.2 Jet
10.3 Jet control methods
10.4 Jet core
10.5 Jet engine
10.6 Jet engine combustor
10.7 Jet engine components
10.8 Jet engine compressor
10.9 Jet engine fan
10.10 Jet engine fuel
10.11 Jet engine nozzle
10.12 Jet engine turbine
10.13 Jet flap
10.14 Jet fuel composition
10.15 Jet lift
10.16 Jet noise
10.17 Jet plane
10.18 Jet-propulsion cycle
10.19 Jet streams
10.20 Jet stream speed
10.21 Joukowski hypothesis
10.22 Joule’s law
10.23 Joule–Thomson coefficient
10.24 Joule–Thomson effect
11 Kaplan Turbine to Kutta–Joukowski Transformation
11.1 Kaplan turbine
11.2 Karman vortex street
11.3 Kelvin scale
11.4 Kelvin’s circulation theorem
11.5 Kelvin-Planck statement
11.6 k-epsilon turbulence model
11.7 Kepler’s laws of planetary motion
11.8 Kerosene
11.9 Kerosene boiling point
11.10 Kerosene density
11.11 Kerosene smoke generator
11.12 Kidneys
11.13 Kinematics of fluids
11.14 Kinematics of fluid flow
11.15 Kinematic viscosity coefficient
11.16 Kinetic diameter
11.17 Kinetic energy
11.18 Kinetic energy of gas
11.19 Kinetic energy thickness
11.20 Kinetic theory of gases
11.21 Kinetic theory equivalent of the perfect gas state equation
11.22 King’s relation
11.23 Knot
11.24 Knudsen diffusion
11.25 Knudsen effect
11.26 Knudsen gauge
11.27 Knudsen number
11.28 Kutta condition
11.29 Kutta–Zhukovsky lift theorem
11.30 Kutta–Joukowski transformation
12 Lactic Acid to Lungs
12.1 Lactic acid
12.2 Lacto Calamine
12.3 Lactometer
12.4 Lagrange points
12.5 Lagrangian description
12.6 Lahar
12.7 Laminar aerofoils
12.8 Laminar flow
12.9 Laminar separation bubble
12.10 Laminar sublayer
12.11 Lancaster–Prandtl lifting-line theory
12.12 Landing
12.13 Landing gear
12.14 Landslide
12.15 Laplace equation
12.16 Lapse rate
12.17 Large eddy simulation
12.18 Laser
12.19 Laser Doppler anemometer
12.20 Latent energy
12.21 Latent heat
12.22 Latent heat of fusion
12.23 Latent heat of vaporisation
12.24 Lateral acceleration
12.25 Lateral stability
12.26 Launch system
12.27 Launch vehicle
12.28 Lava flow
12.29 Laval nozzle
12.30 Law of conservation of energy
12.31 Law of dimensional homogeneity
12.32 Law of floatation
12.33 Law of intermediate metals
12.34 Law of the wall
12.35 Layers in the ISA
12.36 Layers of the Earth
12.37 LDA principle
12.38 Leaching
12.39 Lead-lagging
12.40 Leading-edge flap
12.41 Leading-edge radius
12.42 Leading-edge slat
12.43 Leak
12.44 Lean mixture
12.45 Left-running wave
12.46 Lemon juice
12.47 Lift
12.48 Lift coefficient
12.49 Lift curve
12.50 Lift-curve slope
12.51 Lift-induced drag
12.52 Lifting-line theory
12.53 Lifting surface theory
12.54 Light-year
12.55 Lightning
12.56 Like reflection
12.57 Liming
12.58 Limitations on air as a perfect gas
12.59 Limitations of hot-wire anemometer
12.60 Limitations of hydraulic analogy
12.61 Line vortex
12.62 Linear flight
12.63 Linear variable differential transformer (LVDT)
12.64 Liquid
12.65 Liquid hydrogen
12.66 Liquid manometers
12.67 Liquid nitrogen
12.68 Liquid oxygen
12.69 Liquid-propellant rocket
12.70 Liquid paraffin
12.71 Liquefaction
12.72 Liquefied petroleum gas
12.73 Litmus
12.74 Load factor
12.75 Lobed-impeller meter
12.76 Local chemical equilibrium
12.77 Local rate of change
12.78 Local thermodynamic equilibrium
12.79 Longitudinal axis
12.80 Longitudinal dihedral
12.81 Longitudinal stability
12.82 Longitudinal waves
12.83 Losses in diffuser
12.84 Lotion
12.85 Loudspeaker
12.86 Low earth orbit
12.87 Low-speed flow
12.88 Low-speed wind tunnels
12.89 Low wing
12.90 Lower critical Reynolds number
12.91 Lubricant
12.92 Lubrication
12.93 Ludwieg tube
12.94 Ludwieg tube advantages
12.95 Luminosity
12.96 Lungs
13 Mach to Munk’s Theorem of Stagger
13.1 Mach
13.2 Mach angle
13.3 Mach angle - Mach number relation
13.4 Mach cone
13.5 Mach line
13.6 Mach number
13.7 Mach number independence principle
13.8 Mach reflection
13.9 Mach stem
13.10 Mach tuck
13.11 Mach wave
13.12 Mach-wedge
13.13 Machmeter
13.14 Macrostate
13.15 Magnetofluidmechanics
13.16 Magnus effect
13.17 Malleable
13.18 Maltose
13.19 Manoeuvres of an aircraft
13.20 Manometers
13.21 Manometry
13.22 Marine engineering
13.23 Marsh
13.24 Mass diffusivity
13.25 Mass flow rate
13.26 Mass fraction
13.27 Mass-motion velocity
13.28 Mass transfer
13.29 Material derivative
13.30 Material description
13.31 Materials science
13.32 Mathematics
13.33 Matter
13.34 Maxwell’s definition of viscosity
13.35 Maxwell relations
13.36 Maxwell–Boltzmann statistics
13.37 Mayer’s relation
13.38 Mean aerodynamic chord
13.39 Mean camber line
13.40 Mean effective pressure
13.41 Mean free path
13.42 Mean free path length
13.43 Measuring principle of the liquid manometer
13.44 Mechanical equilibrium
13.45 Mechanics of fluids
13.46 McLeod gauge
13.47 Medical oxygen
13.48 Melting
13.49 Melting point
13.50 Melting point of water
13.51 Mercury
13.52 Metal film RTDs
13.53 Meteorology
13.54 Methanol
13.55 Method of characteristics
13.56 Micro manometer
13.57 Microphone
13.58 Microstate
13.59 Mid-wing
13.60 Milk
13.61 Milkshake
13.62 Minor losses
13.63 Missile
13.64 Missile types
13.65 Mist
13.66 Mist flow
13.67 Mixed-flow pump
13.68 Mixed-flow turbine
13.69 Mixing chamber
13.70 Mixing length
13.71 Mixture
13.72 Mobility
13.73 Moisture
13.74 Moisture and humidity
13.75 Molar mass
13.76 Molasses
13.77 Mole
13.78 Mole fraction
13.79 Molecule
13.80 Molecular diameter
13.81 Molecular gas dynamics
13.82 Molecular weight
13.83 Mollier diagram
13.84 Momentum diffusion
13.85 Momentum equation
13.86 Momentum thickness
13.87 Monoplane aircraft
13.88 Monsoon
13.89 Monsoon season
13.90 Monte Carlo methods
13.91 Moody chart
13.92 Most probable macrostate
13.93 Movement of centre of pressure
13.94 Moving boundary work
13.95 Multiphase flow
13.96 Multiple slotted flaps
13.97 Munk’s theorem of stagger
14 Natural Convection to Nusselt Number
14.1 Natural convection
14.2 Natural gas
14.3 Nature of high-enthalpy flows
14.4 Navier–Stokes equations
14.5 Navigation
14.6 Negative angle of attack
14.7 Neon
14.8 Net head
14.9 Net wing area
14.10 Newtonian flow model
14.11 Newton’s law of gravitation
14.12 Newton’s laws of motion
14.13 Newton’s law of viscosity
14.14 Newton’s second law
14.15 Newtonian fluid
14.16 Nitric acid
14.17 Nitrogen
14.18 Nitrogen gas
14.19 Nitrous oxide
14.20 Noble gases
14.21 No-slip condition
14.22 Noise
14.23 Noise pollution
14.24 Noise pollution effects
14.25 Noise of supersonic jet
14.26 Non-chemical rocket
14.27 Non-conservative system
14.28 Non-Newtonian fluid
14.29 Non-simple region
14.30 Normal bp range
14.31 Normal pulse rate
14.32 Normal shock
14.33 Normal shock relations
14.34 Normal shock tables
14.35 Nosedive
14.36 Nozzle
14.37 Nozzle discharge coefficient
14.38 Nozzle efficiency
14.39 Nusselt number
15 OASPL to Ozone Hole
15.1 OASPL
15.2 Oblique shock
15.3 Obstruction or constriction meters
15.4 Ocean
15.5 Ocean and sea difference
15.6 Ocean depth
15.7 Ocean eddy
15.8 Oceanography
15.9 Oleo strut
15.10 One-dimensional flow
15.11 Oozing
15.12 Open-channel flow
15.13 Open-circuit tunnels
15.14 Open-jet tunnel
15.15 Open system
15.16 Opposing jets
15.17 Optics
15.18 Optical fibre
15.19 Optical pyrometer
15.20 Optical-type pressure transducer
15.21 Orifice plate
15.22 Ornithopter
15.23 Orsat gas analyser
15.24 Oscillatory motion
15.25 Oscillatory motion types
15.26 Osmosis
15.27 Osmotic pressure
15.28 Oswald efficiency number
15.29 Oswald wing efficiency
15.30 Otto cycle
15.31 Outer space
15.32 Overall pressure ratio
15.33 Overall propulsive efficiency
15.34 Overexpanded nozzle
15.35 Oxalic acid
15.36 Oxidiser
15.37 Oxygen
15.38 Ozone
15.39 Ozone hole
16 Pacific Ocean to Pyrometers
16.1 Pacific Ocean
16.2 Panel method
16.3 Paper
16.4 Parachute
16.5 Paraffin
16.6 Paragliding
16.7 Parasite drag
16.8 Parasol-wing
16.9 Partially filled flow
16.10 Partial pressure
16.11 Particle
16.12 Particle image velocimetry (PIV)
16.13 Partition function
16.14 Pascal
16.15 Pascal’s law
16.16 Passive control
16.17 Pathline
16.18 Path functions
16.19 Peclet number
16.20 Pelton wheel turbine
16.21 Pendulum
16.22 Percolation
16.23 Perfect gas
16.24 Perfect gas equation of state
16.25 Performance
16.26 Performance of actual nozzles
16.27 Periodic motion
16.28 Peripheral-velocity factor
16.29 Perpetual motion
16.30 Perpetual-motion machine
16.31 Perpetual-motion machine of the first kind (PMM1)
16.32 Perpetual-motion machine of the second kind (PMM2)
16.33 Petroleum
16.34 Petroleum jelly
16.35 Phase
16.36 Phase equilibrium
16.37 Phases of a pure substance
16.38 Phenol
16.39 Photochemical smog
16.40 Photomultiplier
16.41 Phugoid
16.42 Physical properties of fluids
16.43 Physics
16.44 Pigment
16.45 Pipe flow
16.46 Pirani gauge
16.47 Pitch of a propeller
16.48 Pitching
16.49 Pitching moment
16.50 Pitot pressure
16.51 Pitot probe
16.52 Pitot-static probe
16.53 Pitot-static tube characteristics
16.54 Pitot-static tube limitations
16.55 PIV seeding particles
16.56 Plain flap
16.57 Plain glass
16.58 Plane glass plate
16.59 Planform area
16.60 Plasma
16.61 Plasma arc tunnels
16.62 Plasma engine types
16.63 Plasma propulsion engine
16.64 Platinum
16.65 Platinum rhodium thermocouple
16.66 Plenum chamber
16.67 Plenum space
16.68 Plug nozzle
16.69 Plumb bob
16.70 Plumes
16.71 Plunge
16.72 Pneumatics
16.73 Pneumatic actuators
16.74 Pneumatic motors
16.75 Pneumatic system
16.76 Pohlhausen’s method
16.77 Point functions
16.78 Point rectilinear vortex
16.79 Poisson’s equation
16.80 Poiseuille’s law
16.81 Polar curve
16.82 Pool boiling
16.83 Potential core region
16.84 Potential energy
16.85 Potential flow
16.86 Potential flow past a two-dimensional circular cylinder
16.87 Potential function
16.88 Prandtl–Glauert transformation
16.89 Prandtl–Meyer expansion
16.90 Prandtl–Meyer function
16.91 Prandtl’s mixing length theory
16.92 Prandtl number
16.93 Prandtl relation
16.94 Precipitation
16.95 Precision
16.96 Premixed flame
16.97 Preservative
16.98 Pressure
16.99 Pressure altitude
16.100 Pressure coefficient
16.101 Pressure drag
16.102 Pressure drop
16.103 Pressure gradient
16.104 Pressure-gradient force
16.105 Pressure head
16.106 Pressure-hill
16.107 Pressure in LPG cylinder
16.108 Pressures in the body
16.109 Pressure measurement
16.110 Pressure measuring devices
16.111 Pressure recovery factor
16.112 Pressure-regulating valve
16.113 Pressure relief valve
16.114 Pressure transducers
16.115 Preston/Stanton tubes
16.116 Prismatic body
16.117 Probability
16.118 Process
16.119 Professor
16.120 Profile
16.121 Profile drag
16.122 Propellent
16.123 Propeller
16.124 Propeller efficiency
16.125 Propeller engines
16.126 psi
16.127 Puddle
16.128 Pull-up phase
16.129 Pulsed lasers
16.130 Pulsed plasma thruster
16.131 Pulsejet
16.132 Pumps
16.133 Pump-turbine hydraulic machines
16.134 Pure rotation
16.135 Pure substance
16.136 Pure tone
16.137 Pure translation
16.138 Pure water
16.139 Pusher
16.140 Pyroclastic flow
16.141 Pyrometers
17 Quality of Energy to Quasi-One-Dimensional Flow
17.1 Quality of energy
17.2 Quantised levels of different modes of energy
17.3 Quantum mechanics
17.4 Quantum state
17.5 Quasi-equilibrium process
17.6 Quasi-one-dimensional flow
18 Radar to Runway
18.1 Radar
18.2 Radial flow
18.3 Radian
18.4 Radiation
18.5 Radiation pyrometer
18.6 Rain
18.7 Rain gauge
18.8 Rainbow
18.9 Rakes
18.10 Ramjet
18.11 Random error
18.12 Random motion
18.13 Range of an aircraft
18.14 Rankine cycle
18.15 Rankine’s half-body
18.16 Rankine scale
18.17 Rankine’s theorem
18.18 Ranque–Hilsch vortex tube
18.19 Rarefied flow
18.20 Rarefied gas dynamics
18.21 Rathakrishnan limit
18.22 Ratio of specific heats
18.23 Rayleigh flow
18.24 Rayleigh number
18.25 Rayleigh supersonic pitot formula
18.26 Reactants
18.27 Reaction turbine
18.28 Reagent
18.29 Real gas
18.30 Real-gas equation of state
18.31 Reciprocating engine
18.32 Reciprocating pump
18.33 Rectangular aerofoil
18.34 Rectilinear vortex
18.35 Reduced-gravity aircraft
18.36 Reduced pressure
18.37 Reduced temperature
18.38 Reflexed camber aerofoil
18.39 Refraction
18.40 Refractive index
18.41 Refrigerant
18.42 Refrigeration
18.43 Refrigerator
18.44 Regenerator
18.45 Regimes of fluid mechanics
18.46 Relative density
18.47 Relative humidity
18.48 Relative velocity
18.49 Relaxation time
18.50 Research tunnels
18.51 Resistance temperature detector
18.52 Resonance
18.53 Respiration
18.54 Reverse process
18.55 Reverse transition
18.56 Reversible adiabatic process
18.57 Reversible process
18.58 Reversible work
18.59 Reynolds analogy
18.60 Reynolds experiment
18.61 Reynolds number
18.62 Reynolds stresses
18.63 Rheology
18.64 Rhodium
18.65 Rich mixture
18.66 Ridge lift
18.67 Right hydraulic jump
18.68 Right-running wave
18.69 River
18.70 Rocket engine
18.71 Rocket engine nozzle
18.72 Rocket propellant
18.73 Rocket propulsion
18.74 Rohsenow correlation
18.75 Role of large-scale structures in subsonic mixing enhancement
18.76 Role of shear layer in flow control
18.77 Rolling
18.78 Rolling moment
18.79 Root chord
18.80 Rossby number
18.81 Rotameter
18.82 Rotary vane pump
18.83 Rotational energy
18.84 Rotational flow
18.85 Rotational speed of the Earth
18.86 Rotating-vane meter
18.87 Rudder
18.88 Runway
19 Sake to System
19.1 Sake
19.2 Saline water
19.3 Sand
19.4 Sand flow
19.5 Sanitation
19.6 Satellite
19.7 Saturated liquid
19.8 Saturated solution
19.9 Saturated vapour
19.10 Saturation pressure
19.11 Saturation state
19.12 Saturation temperature
19.13 Scalar quantities
19.14 Scale effect
19.15 Schlichting jet
19.16 Schlieren technique
19.17 Schmidt number
19.18 Scramjet
19.19 Sea
19.20 Seawater
19.21 Sea waves
19.22 Second law of thermodynamics
19.23 Second throat
19.24 Sediment transport
19.25 Sedimentation
19.26 Seebeck principle
19.27 Seepage
19.28 Seismology
19.29 Self-similar flow
19.30 Semifluid
19.31 Semi-infinite vortex
19.32 Semisolid
19.33 Separation bubble
19.34 Separation point
19.35 SERN
19.36 Sewage
19.37 Sewage treatment
19.38 Sewer
19.39 Sewerage
19.40 Shadowgraph method
19.41 Shaft power
19.42 Shaft work
19.43 Shallow
19.44 Shallow flow
19.45 Shallow water
19.46 Shallow water effects
19.47 Shape factor
19.48 Shear flow
19.49 Shear folding
19.50 Shear force
19.51 Sherwood number
19.52 Ship
19.53 Shock
19.54 Shock absorber
19.55 Shock-associated noise
19.56 Shock-cell
19.57 Shock detachment distance
19.58 Shock detachment Mach number
19.59 Shock diamond
19.60 Shock-expansion theory
19.61 Shock polar
19.62 Shock strength
19.63 Shock swallowing
19.64 Shock-train
19.65 Shock tubes
19.66 Shock tunnel
19.67 Shock wave
19.68 Shoulder wing
19.69 Sideslipping
19.70 Silica
19.71 Silica gel
19.72 Similarity
19.73 Similarity rule
19.74 Simple-compressible substance
19.75 Simple-compressible system
19.76 Simple distillation
19.77 Simple harmonic motion
19.78 Simple pendulum
19.79 Simple region
19.80 Simple system
19.81 Simple vortex
19.82 Simple and nonsimple regions
19.83 Sink
19.84 Siphon
19.85 Skidding
19.86 Skin friction
19.87 Skin friction drag
19.88 Sky
19.89 Skydiving
19.90 Slant hydraulic jump
19.91 Sleet
19.92 Slender body
19.93 Slender-body theory
19.94 Slender wing theory
19.95 Slip flow
19.96 Slipstream
19.97 Slotted flap
19.98 Slowest flying bird
19.99 Slug flow
19.100 Slush flow
19.101 Small-density-ratio assumption
19.102 Small disturbance
19. 103 Small perturbation theory
19.104 Smog
19.105 Smoke
19.106 Smoke flow visualisation
19.107 Smoke tunnel
19.108 Snow
19.109 Soaking
19.110 Soap bubble
19.111 Soaring flight
19.112 Soda water
19.113 Soft water
19.114 Soil erosion
19.115 Soil percolation
19.116 Solar energy
19.117 Solar mass
19.118 Solid
19.119 Solid blocking
19.120 Solid-propellant rocket
19.121 Solidity
19.122 Solubility
19.123 Solute
19.124 Solution
19.125 Solvent
19.126 Sonic boom
19.127 Sonic boom speed
19.128 Sound
19.129 Sound barrier
19.130 Sound frequency
19.131 Sound unit
19.132 Sound wave
19.133 Sounding rocket
19.134 Soundproofing
19.135 Source
19.136 Source-sink pair
19.137 Soy sauce
19.138 Space
19.139 Space science
19.140 Space-time
19.141 Space velocity
19.142 Spacecraft
19.143 Span
19.144 Spark-ignition engine
19.145 Special purpose tunnels
19.146 Specific gravity
19.147 Specific heat
19.148 Specific impulse
19.149 Specific speed
19.150 Specific thrust
19.151 Specifics of helicopters
19.152 Specular reflection
19.153 Speed of light
19.154 Speed of light in air
19.155 Speed of sound
19.156 Spillways
19.157 Spin
19.158 Spiral divergence
19.159 Spiral instability
19.160 Split flap
19.161 Spoiler control
19.162 Spray
19.163 Spray pond
19.164 Sprayer
19.165 Stability
19.166 Stagnant
19.167 Stagnant water
19.168 Stagnation
19.169 Stagnation enthalpy
19.170 Stagnation pressure
19.171 Stagnation state
19.172 Stagnation temperature
19.173 Stall
19.174 Stall angle of attack
19.175 Stalled state
19.176 Stalling angle
19.177 Standing waves
19.178 Stanton number
19.179 Starting vortex
19.180 State equation
19.181 State postulate
19.182 States of matter
19.183 Static pressure
19.184 Static temperature
19.185 Static temperature determination
19.186 Static thrust
19.187 Statics
19.188 Statistical thermodynamics
19.189 Steady
19.190 Steady flow
19.191 Steady-flow devices
19.192 Steady-flow process
19.193 Steam
19.194 Steam turbine
19.195 Steep bank
19.196 Stellar mass
19.197 Stirling and Ericsson cycles
19.198 Stoichiometric air
19.199 Stokes’ flow
19.200 Stokes’ paradox
19.201 Stokes’ theorem
19.202 Storm
19.203 STOVL
19.204 Strap-on motor
19.205 Stratified flow
19.206 Streakline
19.207 Stream
19.208 Stream availability
19.209 Stream function
19.210 Streamflow
19.211 Streamline flow
19.212 Streamlined body
19.213 Streamlines
19.214 Streamlining
19.215 Streamtube
19.216 Streamwise vortices
19.217 Strong oblique shock
19.218 Strong shock
19.219 Strouhal number
19.220 Subcritical circulation
19.221 Subcritical operation
19.222 Subcritical Reynolds number
19.223 Sublimation
19.224 Submarine
19.225 Submerge
19.226 Submerged jet
19.227 Subsonic flow
19.228 Subsonic inlets
19.229 Subsonic jets
19.230 Substantive rate of change
19.231 Sucrose
19.232 Suction
19.233 Suction force
19.234 Suddenly expanded flow
19.235 Sugar
19.236 Sugarcane
19.237 Sugarcane juice
19.238 Sulphuric acid
19.239 Sun
19.240 Sunlight
19.241 Sunflower oil
19.242 Supercharger
19.243 Supercooled liquid
19.244 Supercritical aerofoil
19.245 Supercritical circulation
19.246 Supercritical fluid
19.247 Supercritical operation
19.248 Supercritical Reynolds number
19.249 Superheated vapour
19.250 Supersonic aircraft
19.251 Supersonic combustion
19.252 Supersonic diffusers
19.253 Supersonic expansion
19.254 Supersonic flow
19.255 Supersonic inlets
19.256 Supersonic jets
19.257 Supersonic shear layers
19.258 Supersonic static probe
19.259 Supersonic wind tunnel diffusers
19.260 Surface forces
19.261 Surface tension
19.262 Surging
19.263 Surroundings work
19.264 Sutherland’s relation
19.265 Suspension
19.266 Sweep angle
19.267 Sweep forward
19.268 Sweepback
19.269 Swept wing
19.270 Swing
19.271 Swing on take-off
19.272 Swirl
19.273 Swirl around
19.274 Symmetric flight
19.275 Symmetrical aerofoil
19.276 Syphon barometer
19.277 Syrup
19.278 System
20 Tail-First Aircraft to Typhoon
20.1 Tail-first aircraft
20.2 Tailerons
20.3 Tailless aircraft
20.4 Tailplane
20.5 Tailwind
20.6 Take-off
20.7 Taper ratio
20.8 Tartaric acid
20.9 Taylor–Couette flow
20.10 Taylor–Proudman theorem
20.11 Tea
20.12 Temperature
20.13 Temperature gauges using fluids
20.14 Temperature measurement in fluid flows
20.15 Temperature-measuring problems in fluid
20.16 Temperature scales
20.17 Tender coconut water
20.18 Tensors
20.19 Terminal velocity
20.20 Terminal velocity dive
20.21 Test section
20.22 Test-section noise
20.23 Theorems of complex numbers
20.24 Theorem of equipartition of energy
20.25 Thermal
20.26 Thermal boundary layer thickness
20.27 Thermal conduction
20.28 Thermal conductivity
20.29 Thermal diffusivity
20.30 Thermal energy
20.31 Thermal energy reservoir
20.32 Thermal equation of state
20.33 Thermal equilibrium
20.34 Thermal gradient
20.35 Thermal inertia of hot-wire
20.36 Thermal paints
20.37 Thermal shunting
20.38 Thermally perfect gas
20.39 Thermistors
20.40 Thermocouples
20.41 Thermodynamics
20.42 Thermodynamic equilibrium
20.43 Thermodynamic probability
20.44 Thermodynamic system
20.45 Thermodynamic temperature scale
20.46 Thermoelectricity
20.47 Thermometer
20.48 Thermosphere
20.49 The resistance temperature detector
20.50 Thin aerofoil theory
20.51 Third law of thermodynamics
20.52 Thomson effect
20.53 Thomson’s vortex theorem
20.54 Three-dimensional wing
20.55 Three-hole yaw probes
20.56 Throat
20.57 Throttling valve
20.58 Thrust
20.59 Thrust generation
20.60 Thrust and momentum
20.61 Thrust-to-weight ratio
20.62 Thunder
20.63 Thunderstorm
20.64 Tidal energy
20.65 Timelines
20.66 Tip-loss factor
20.67 Titanium tetrachloride
20.68 Titration
20.69 Tollmien–Schlichting wave
20.70 Toluene
20.71 Tonic water
20.72 Tornado
20.73 Torpedo
20.74 Torr
20.75 Total drag of a wing
20.76 Total energy
20.77 Total head
20.78 Total pressure
20.79 Total temperature measurement
20.80 Totally reversible process
20.81 Towing tank
20.82 Toxic gases
20.83 Tractor
20.84 Trailing edge flap
20.85 Trailing vortex drag
20.86 Transition flow
20.87 Transition point
20.88 Transition region
20.89 Translational energy
20.90 Translational motion
20.91 Transonic flow
20.92 Transport phenomena
20.93 Transport properties
20.94 Transverse wave
20.95 Trim drag
20.96 Trim tab
20.97 Trimmed aircraft
20.98 Triplane
20.99 Triple point
20.100 Tropical cyclone
20.101 Tropical weather
20.102 Tropopause
20.103 Troposphere
20.104 True airspeed
20.105 Tsunami
20.106 Tufts
20.107 Turbines
20.108 Turbine pumps
20.109 Turbocharger
20.110 Turbofan engines
20.111 Turbojets
20.112 Turboprops
20.113 Turboshafts
20.114 Turbulence
20.115 Turbulence factor
20.116 Turbulence number
20.117 Turbulent mixing noise
20.118 Turbulent spot
20.119 Turbulent stresses
20.120 Two-phase flow
20.121 Tyndall effect
20.122 Types of chemical rockets
20.123 Types of fluid flow
20.124 Types of fluids
20.125 Types of internal balances
20.126 Types of jet engines
20.127 Types of jet flow
20.128 Types of liquid propellants
20.129 Types of plasma engines
20.130 Types of rockets
20.131 Types of translational motion
20.132 Types of waves
20.133 Typhoon
21 Ultrapure Water to Upper Critical Reynolds Number
21.1 Ultrapure water
21.2 Ultrasonic flow meters
21.3 Ultrasonic waves
21.4 Uncertainty
21.5 Undercambered aerofoil
21.6 Underexpanded jets
21.7 Underexpanded nozzle
21.8 Uniform
21.9 Uniform flow
21.10 Uniform open channel flow
21.11 Universal gas constant
21.12 Unlike reflection
21.13 Unsaturated solutions
21.14 Unstable
21.15 Unstable air
21.16 Unsteady flow
21.17 Untwisted aerofoil
21.18 Upper atmosphere
21.19 Upper critical Reynolds number
22 Vacuum Cleaner to Vorticity
22.1 Vacuum cleaner
22.2 Vacuum gauge
22.3 Vacuum space
22.4 Valley glaciers
22.5 Vane anemometer
22.6 Vapour-compression cycle
22.7 Variable-head meters
22.8 Vector quantities
22.9 Vegetable oils
22.10 Velocity
22.11 Velocity distribution function
22.12 Velocity gradient
22.13 Velocity measurement
22.14 Velocity potential
22.15 Velocity of sound
22.16 Vena contracta
22.17 Venom
22.18 Venturi
22.19 Venturi effect
22.20 Venturi meter
22.21 Vertical stabiliser
22.22 Vertical wind tunnel
22.23 Vibration
22.24 Vibrational energy
22.25 Vibrational rate equation
22.26 Vinegar
22.27 Viscometer
22.28 Viscosity
22.29 Viscosity coefficient
22.30 Viscous incompressible flows
22.31 Visualisation techniques
22.32 Visualising compressible flows
22.33 Vodka
22.34 Volatile
22.35 Volatility
22.36 Volcano
22.37 Volume
22.38 Volume modulus of elasticity
22.39 Volumetric flow rate
22.40 Volumetric flux
22.41 Vortex
22.42 Vortex dynamics
22.43 Vortex filament
22.44 Vortex generators
22.45 Vortex-induced vibration
22.46 Vortex motion
22.47 Vortex name
22.48 Vortex pair
22.49 Vortex ring
22.50 Vortex shedding
22.51 Vortex size
22.52 Vortex speed
22.53 Vortex-shedding flow meters
22.54 Vortex-shedding technique
22.55 Vortex tube
22.56 Vorticity
23 Wake to Working Fluid
23.1 Wake
23.2 Wake blocking
23.3 Wake survey
23.4 Wake turbulence
23.5 Wall jet
23.6 Wall-friction velocity
23.7 Washout
23.8 Water
23.9 Water cycle
23.10 Water flow channel
23.11 Water content in human body
23.12 Water in human blood
23.13 Water jet
23.14 Water pollution
23.15 Water retention in soil
23.16 Water spring
23.17 Water stream
23.18 Water table
23.19 Water vapour
23.20 Water veil
23.21 Water wheel
23.22 Waterfall
23.23 Waterlogging
23.24 Wave
23.25 Wave drag
23.26 Wave energy
23.27 Wave function
23.28 Wavelength
23.29 Wavenumber
23.30 Waves prevailing in an overexpanded jet
23.31 Wave reflection from a free boundary
23.32 Weak mixture
23.33 Weak oblique shock
23.34 Weak shock
23.35 Weather
23.36 Weather radar
23.37 Weathercock
23.38 Weber number
23.39 Weir
23.40 Wet
23.41 Wet bulb temperature
23.42 Wet cooling towers
23.43 Wetness
23.44 Wetted area
23.45 Whey
23.46 Whisky
23.47 Whisper
23.48 Whispering decibels
23.49 White fumes
23.50 White hole
23.51 White noise
23.52 Wind
23.53 Wind energy
23.54 Wind tunnels
23.55 Wind tunnel balance
23.56 Wind turbine
23.57 Wind in a vertical tunnel
23.58 Windmill
23.59 Windmilling
23.60 Wine
23.61 Wing
23.62 Wing area
23.63 Wing geometrical parameters
23.64 Wing loading
23.65 Wing twist
23.66 Winglet
23.67 Wingspan
23.68 Wingtip vortices
23.69 Wood smoke
23.70 Woolaston wire
23.71 Work
23.72 Working fluid
24 Xenon
24.1 Xenon
25 Yacht to Yoghurt
25.1 Yacht
25.2 Yaw probes
25.3 Yaw rate
25.4 Yaw sensitivity of pitot pressure probe
25.5 Yaw sensitivity of static pressure probe
25.6 Yaw sphere
25.7 Yawing
25.8 Yawing moment
25.9 Yeast
25.10 Yoghurt
26 Zap Flap to Zone of Silence
26.1 Zap flap
26.2 Zero gravity
26.3 Zeroth law of thermodynamics
26.4 Zone of action
26.5 Zone of silence