Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics wiley（威利流体力学的基础）.pdf

-Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics- Bruce Munson, Donald Young, Theodore Okiishi, Wade Huebsch Fluids in the News (All Fluids in the News contained here are in the print edition as indicated) Table of Contents th th 1. Giraffe’s Blood Pressure (5 and 6 Edition) th th 2. Weather, Barometers, and Bars (5 and 6 Edition) th th 3. Tire Pressure Warning (5 and 6 Edition) th th 4. The Three Gorges Dam (5 and 6 Edition) th th 5. Miniature, Exploding Pressure Vessels (5 and 6 Edition) th th 6. Concrete Canoes (5 and 6 Edition) th th 7. Explosive Lake (5 and 6 Edition) th th 8. Rotating Mercury Mirror Telescope (5 and 6 Edition) th 9. Protecting Venice with Flood Gates (5 Edition) munson 6e ch2.qxd 12/18/08 5:52 PM Page 1 F l u i d s i n t h e N e w s Giraffe’s blood pressure A giraffe’s long neck allows it to graze gions, giraffes have a tight sheath of thick skin over their lower up to 6 m above the ground. It can also lower its head to drink at limbs which acts like an elastic bandage in exactly the same way ground level. Thus, in the circul