
232  Basic Fluids Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines 
A 
Absolute pressure  6 
Airfoil 
33,92 
Angular momentum 94,95, 186 
Automobile 33,85 
Axial 88,89, 194,212 
Axial flow  89,129, 138, 157, 168 
Axial flow compressor 
89,90, 190, 194 
Axial flow pump 89 
Axial piston pump 212, 213 
B 
Backward curved vanes  187 
Bent axis piston pump 211, 213 
Bernoulli equation 32, 34, 36 
Blower 85, 
90 
Bucket  104, 168, 205 
c 
Catchment area  70, 76, 
123 
Centrifugal compressor 89 
Centrifugal pump 23, 183,  184 
Coefficient 
of 
velocity  110, 
119 
Combined cycle  67 
Continuity equation 23, 
25 
D 
Dam  44, 68, 
71 
Deflector  5 f, 52 
Deflector plate 
101, 
113 
Demand curve  192, 193,201 
Density 
7, 
17, 
19,138 
Diaphragm type 
207 
Drafttube 
75,92,134 
Dynamic viscosity  8 
E 
Eulers equation 
23 
F 
Fans 
85,87 
Flow measurement 
35 
Flow rate 
4,53, 
11 
0, 
115, 118, 
120, 129, 
136,187, 
193 
Fluid mechanics 
3,6 
Forward curved vanes  187 
Francis turbine 92, 129, 136, 139, 141, 
157 
Free 
jet 
34, 
35 
Frequency 
of 
supply 72, 
112 
G 
Gas turbine power plant 63, 64, 66 
Gauge pressure  6 
Gear 
207 
Gear 
211 
Gear pump  195,207, 214 
Guide vanes  129, 
130,  132,  140, 157, 158, 
166, 168 
H 
Head water  68 
Human heart (Pump) 
183 
Hydraulic efficiency  105, 108, 
110, 
121, 
143, 189