Contents A Word … 8 1 Physics of Fluids 9 Introduction 9 1.1 Nature of fluids 9 1.2 Fluid as a continuum 10 1.3 Properties of fluids 11 1.4 Fluid Mechanics 21 References 22 2 Fluid Statics 23 Introduction 23 2.1 Pressure 23 2.2 Pressure at a point 24 2.3 Pressure variation in a static flu....