The Information and Library Service compiles occasional subject guides for engineers and students. The aim is to highlight sources of information available in the library and the Institution itself, along with some useful websites to take you further afield.

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Locating Fluid Machinery Information in the IMechE Library

The following is a list of key shelf numbers for the fluid machinery subject area. If you are looking for a particular book please check the Library Catalogue.

Topic		Shelf Number
Cavitation		532.595
Centrifugal pumps		621.67
Compressors		621.51
Computational fluid dynamics		532.05
Cryogenics		621.59
Fans		621.6
Fluid mechanics		532
Fluid dynamics		532.05
Fluid flow		532.51
Fluid machinery		621.26
Fluid power		621.26
Heat pumps		697.7
Hydraulic power		621.26
Hydraulics		621.7
Pipes and piping		621.185
Pneumatic control		621.26
Pneumatics		621.5
Pumps and pumping		621.64
Refrigeration		621.56
Seals and sealing		621.25
Turbomachinery		621.6
Vacuum technology		621.55
Valves		621.84

Useful Books

Axial-flow compressors: a strategy for aerodynamic design and analysis (Aungier R H)		621.51 AUN
Centrifugal compressors (Aungier R H)		621.51 AUN
Fan handbook: selection, application and design (Bleier F P)		621.6 BLE
Computational fluid dynamics (Chung T J)		532.05 CHU
Fans and ventilation: a practical guide (Cory W T W)		697.9 COR
Process pumps selection: a systems approach (Davidson J)		621.64 DAV
Valves, piping and pipelines handbook (Dickenson J)		621.185 DIC
Fluid power with applications (Esposito A)		621.2 ESP
Handbook of fluid dynamics (Johnson R W)		532.05 JOH
Pump handbook (Karrasik I J)		621.6402 KAR
Compressed air and gas handbook (McCulloch C F)		621.5 COM
Guide to European valves (Nesbitt B)		621.84 NES (Oversize)
Guide to European pumps and pumping (Nesbitt B)		621.64 NES (Oversize)
Hydraulic fluids: a guide to selection, test methods, and use (Radhakrishnan M)		621.26 AME
Adhesives, sealing and gaskets (SAE)		621.25 SAE
Guide to European compressors (Simmons P)		621.51 SIM (Oversize)
Valve handbook (Skousen P L)		621.84 SKO
Centrifugal pump design (Tuzson J)		621.67 TUZ
Hydraulic and electric-hydraulic control systems (Walters R B)		629.832 WAL
Handbook of cryogenic engineering (Weisand J G)		621.59 WEI

E-books

The following titles are available via Knovel in the Virtual Library.

Dixon S L, Fluid mechanics and thermodynamics of turbomachinery (4th edition) (1998)
Matthews C, Engineers' guide to rotating equipment (2001)
Mays L W, Hydraulic design handbook (1999)
Mays L W, Water distribution system handbook (2000)
Mobley R K, Fluid power dynamics (2000)
Nakayama Y & Boucher R F, Introduction to fluid mechanics (2000)
Sanks R L, Pumping station design (2nd edition) (1998)
Smith P & Zappe R W, Valve selection handbook (2004)
Soares C, Process engineering equipment handbook (2002)
Walsh P P & Fletcher P, Gas turbine performance (2nd edition) (2004)

The following titles are available via Books24x7 in the Virtual Library.

Axial-flow compressors: ASME Press
Centrigual compressors: a basis guide, PennWell Corp, 2003
Dry gas seals handbook, PennWell Corp, 2005
Flow induced vibration of power and process plant, ASME Press
Hydraulic fluids, a guide to selection, ASME Press
Introduction to computational fluid dynamics, 2005
Practical hydraulic systems: operation and troubleshooting, Newnes, 2005
Prediction of turbulent flows, Cambridge University Press, 2005
Principles of turbomachinery in air-breathing engines, Cambridge University Press, 2006

Recent IMechE Fluid Machinery Conferences and Seminars

Please visit Fluid Machinery Papers and Presentations (Archive)

Useful Journals

The library has an extensive collection of journals including:

Hydraulics and pneumatics (UK) 1998-
Hydraulics and pneumatics (USA) 1960-
Journal of fluid mechanics 2006-
Transactions of the ASME: journal of fluids engineering 1880-
Transactions of the ASME: journal of turbomachinery 1880-
Turbomachinery International 2001-

Please check the Library Catalogue to see if the library subscribes to your required journal.

E-journals

The following titles are available via EBSCO Business Source in the Virtual Library.

Canadian fluid power review
Hydraulics and pneumatics
Motion system hydraulics and pneumatics

Databases

Please visit the Virtual Library page for information about the library's databases.

Websites

Please visit Fluid Machinery Web Links

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