Basic fluid mechanics combines the application of basic programming with fluid mechanics topics covered in this book include the fundamentals of the basic computer language properties of fluids fluid statics kinematics and conservation of energy force and momentum viscous flow flow measurement and dimensional analysis and similarity . This book covers many basic and important concepts of fluid mechanics such as fluid statics potential flow compressible flows in one dimensional and two dimensional and multi phase flow they are adequate for an entry level course. Contents vii 4 fluids statics 69 41 introduction 69 42 the hydrostatic equation . Basic fluid mechanics laws dictate that mass is conserved within a control volume for constant density fluids thus the total mass entering the control volume must equal the total mass exiting the control volume plus the mass accumulating within the control volume mass in mass out mass accumulating m in mout m acc 34