CENTRIFUGAL PUMP DESIGN

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Introduction of Book :

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Recent books on centrifugal pump fluid mechanics and design could be listed in two groups. One recalls valuable empirical industrial experience but lacks a comprehensive description of fundamental fluid mechanical phenomena.The other describes advanced laboratory experiments and analytical studies using a formidable mathematical apparatus.The pay scale and job description of most industrial engineers, employed in pump fabrication and application do not allow the hiring of master's-level engineers having a background in advanced fluid mechanics and partial differential equations.Product designers must be generalists, not specialists.The challenge before us is to close this gap by insisting on fundamental understanding, but using a mode of presentation and communication that is comprehensible to those with a minimal engineering education. 

Table of contents :

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1. INTRODUCTION 

2. FLUID MECHANIC FUNDAMENTALS 

3. INSTABILITY, TURBULENCE AND SEPARATION 

4. PIPES, BENDS AND DIFFUSERS 

5. PUMPING SYSTEMS 

6. GENERAL PUMP THEORY 

7. PUMP FLUID MECHANICS 

8. BOUNDARY LAYERS IN PUMPS 

9. CAVITATION IN PUMPS 

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