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Table of Contents

Properties of fluids; fluid statics; forces on submerged plane areas; dams; forces on submerged curved areas; buoyancy and flotation; kinematics of fluid motion; fundamentals of fluid flow; flow in closed conduits; series pipeline systems; parallel pipeline systems; branching pipeline systems; pipe networks; flow in open channels; flood routing; flow of compressible fluids; flow measurement; dimensional analysis and similitude; unsteady flow; pumps and fans; turbines; hydraulic and energy grade lines; forces developed by fluids in motion; dynamic drag and lift; basic hydrodynamics.