(Size: 25x16.5cms.), Contents: Editor's Preface; Preface to the English Edition; Preface to the Second Russian Edition; Preface tot he Third Edition; Nomenclature; Useful Conversion of Units; Reader's guide and Introduction; 1. General Information and Elements of Aerodynamics and Hydraulics of Pressure Systems; 2. Resistance to Flow in Straight Tubes and Conduits: Friction Coefficents and Roughness; 3. Resistanceto Flow at the Entrance in tubes and Conduits: Resistance Coefficient of Inlet Sections; 4. Resistance to Flow through Orifices with sudden Changes in Velocity and flow Area: Resistance Coefficients of diffusers and Converging and other Transition Sections; 6. Resistance to flow with Changes of the Stream Direction: Resistance Coefficients of Curved Segments-elbow, bends, etc; 7. Resistance in the Cases of Merging of flow Streams and Division into Flow Streams: Resistance Coefficients of wyes, Trees and Manifolds; 8. Resistance to Flow through Barriers Uniformly Distributed Over the Channel Cross Section: Resistance Coefficients of Grids, Screens, Porous layers, and packing; 9. Resistance to flow through Pipe fittings and Labyrinth Seals; 10. Resistance to Flow Past Obstructions in a tube: Resistance Coefficients of Sections with Protuberances, Trusses, Girders and other Shapes; 11. Resistance to Flow at the Exit from Tubes and Channels: Resistance Coefficients of Exit Sections; 12. Resistance to Flow Through Various Types of apparatus: Resistance coefficients of Apparatus and other equipment; Index. (1st edition 2003, 3rd imp. 2006, 6th imp. 2008) ISBN:9788179921180 xxvi+790 Yr. of Pub.2008Hard Bound