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The following table provides information about physical properties of fluids that occur most frequently in fluid mechanics and hydraulics instructional applications. Physical properties are listed in alphabetical order. When using an interactive engine, follow the instructions specified on the web page.  Many of the documents linked to this page use the Adobe(R) PDF file format. 


 
Physical Property
Information Source
Observations
Compressibility (isothermal)
- common liquids
 
Bolz and Tuve (1970)
 
Table 
Conductivity
(air, water, and other fluids)
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Density
- air, water, and other fluids 
- various solids
- common liquids
 
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Bolz and Tuve (1970)
Bolz and Tuve (1970)
 
Interative engine 
Table 
Table 
Friction factor (Moody diagram)
Roberson and Crowe (1993)
Diagram 
Prandtl Number
(air, water, and other fluids)
 

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Relative roughness
Roberson and Crowe (1993)
Diagram 
Roughness coefficient (Manning)
Chow (1959)
Table 
Specific heat
- air, water, and other fluids
- common liquids
 
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Bolz and Tuve (1970)
 
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Table
Sound speed
(various materials)
White (1986)
Table 
Standard atmosphere
Bolz and Tuve (1970)
Table 
Surface tension
- water
- common liquids
 
Bolz and Tuve (1970)
Bolz and Tuve (1970)
 
Table
Table
Thermal conductivities
- air, water and other fluids
- metals and alloys
- common liquids
 

Bolz and Tuve (1970)

Bolz and Tuve (1970)

Bolz and Tuve (1970)

 
Table

Table

Table 
Thermal diffusion
(air, water, and other fluids) 


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Thermal expansion coefficient
-air, water, and other fluids
- metals and alloys

 

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Bolz and Tuve (1970)
 


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Table
Vapor pressure
(water and other liquids) 
Streeter (1961)
Table 
Viscosity (kinematic and dynamic)
- air, water, and other fluids
- common liquids

 

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Bolz and Tuve (1970)

 

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Table
Physical constants http://www.omnis.demon.co.uk/conversn/constant.htm Table 
References:
-  Bolz, R.E., and Tuve G.L. (Editors).  (1970).  Handbook of Tables for Applied Engineering Science, The Chemical Rubber Co. Cleveland, OH.
-  Chow V. T. (1959). Open-Channel Hydraulics, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, N.Y.
-   Roberson, J.A. and Crowe, C.T. (1993). Engineering Fluid Mechanics, 5th edition, Houghton Mifflin, Boston,MA.
-   Streeter, V. L. (Editor).  (1961).  Handbook of Fluid Dynamics, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, N.Y.
-   White, F.M. (1986). Fluid Mechanics, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, N.Y.
 

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