Index
Absolute pressure, 232, 237
Acceleration, centripetal, 147, 148
linear and angular, 129
Aneroid barometer, 237
Angle of repose, 173
Angular acceleration, 113
velocity, 128
Annulus, 92
Applications of friction, 172
Archimedes’ principle, 233
Atmospheric pressure, 232
Bar, 235
Barometer, 235
Beckman thermometer, 268
Belt, 116
Bending moment, 69
diagram, 70, 72
Bending of beams, 103
Bernoulli’s equation, 254
Bimetallic thermometer, 274
Bourdon pressure gauge, 238
Bow’s notation, 42
Boyle’s law, 258
Brittleness, 11
Built-up sections, 96
Buoyancy, 241
Celsius scale, 211
Centre of gravity, 25, 84
Centrifugal clutch, 189
force, 182
Centripetal acceleration, 147, 148
force, 148, 182
Centroidal axis, 105
Centroids, 84
Change of state, 214
Characteristic equation, 261
gas constant, 261
Charles’ law, 259
Clinical thermometer, 268
Clutch, 189
Coefficient of cubic expansion, 225
discharge, 254
friction, 170
linear expansion, 222
superficial expansion, 224
Compatibility, 13
Compound bars, 13
gear train, 204
pendulum, 195
Compression, 2
Compressive force, 2
Concurrent forces, 26
Conduction, 217
Conical pendulum, 185
Contraction, 221
Convection, 217
Coplanar forces, 26
in equilibrium, 32
resultant of, 27
Cosine rule, 29
Couple, 44, 109
Couples, 64
Cubic expansion, coefficient of, 225
Cup anemometers, 251D’Alembert’s principle, 182
Dalton’s law of partial pressure, 260
Dead weight tester 239
Deflecting vane flowmeter, 250
Differential pressure flowmeters, 247
Ductility, 11
Dynamic friction, 170
coefficient of, 172Efficiency, 116, 158
of a screw jack, 177
of a simple machine, 198
Effort, 198
Elastic collisions, 163
limit, 6, 18
Elasticity, 6
Electromagnetic flowmeter, 252
Energy, 157
kinetic, 162
potential, 162
Equation of continuity, 253
Equations of motion, 130
Equilibrium, 13, 25, 32, 58
Expansion, 221
and contraction of water, 222First moment of area, 84, 88
Float and tapered tube meter, 251
Flowmeters, 247
electromagnetic, 252
mechanical, 250