Hydrostatics - A Text Book for Use of First Year Students At Universities for

Originally published in 1946, this book covers elementary hydrostatics and 'constitutes a simpler course' for students on the subject.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Pressure of heavy fluids; 3. Centres of pressure; 4. Thrusts on curved surfaces. Floating bodies; 5. Stability of floating bodies; 6. Equilibrium of fluids in given fields of force; 7. Pressure of gases. The atmosphere; 8. Hydrostatic machines; 9. Capillarity.

Summary

Originally published in 1946, this book covers elementary hydrostatics and 'constitutes a simpler course' for students on the subject. Topics covered include, the pressure of heavy fluids, centres of pressure, floating bodies, simple applications of the metacentre and of the general pressure equations, pressure of gases, the atmosphere, and hydrostatic machines.

Product details

• Authors: A. S. Ramsey, Ramsey A. S.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.02.2017
• EAN: 9781316633359
• ISBN: 978-1-316-63335-9
• No. of pages: 178
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SCIENCE / Mechanics / Fluids, Fluid mechanics, Physics: Fluid mechanics