Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics FROM THE PUBLISHER
Examines some fundamental aspects of fluid motion, including important fluid properties, regimes of flow, pressure variations in fluids at rest and in motion, fluid kinematics, and methods of flow description and analysis. Expands on the basic analysis methods generally used to solve or to begin solving fluid mechanics problems. Concludes with additional important notions such as boundary layers, transition from laminar to turbulent flow, turbulence modeling and chaos and flow separation. Presents 165 examples that provide detailed solutions to a variety of problems. Also included are a generous set of homework problems in each chapter stresses the practical application of principles, and several open-ended problems which require critical thinking in order to work them one must make various assumptions and provide the necessary data.
SYNOPSIS
A textbook for a first course in fluid mechanics intended for junior or senior engineering students. Topics include fluid statics, the Bernoulli equation, kinematics, finite control volume analysis, differential analysis of fluid flow, dimensional analysis and modeling, flow over immersed bodies, open-channel flow, and compressible flow. The CD-ROM contains all of the text from the book, in addition to some 80 video illustration segments, laboratory-type problems using experimental data, sets of review problems, and an extra chapter on turbomachines. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
FROM THE CRITICS
Booknews
A textbook for a junior or senior introductory course for engineering students. Selects material about the mature science to convey the fundamentals while illustrating every-day examples of fluid flow and the methods for analyzing them. Previously published in 1990 and 1994, and here augmented with a highlighted summary on each of the page of the material thereon, and chapter-end problems. Marks those problems that are best worked with a computer or programmable calculator, and those that require information from outside the classroom and various assumptions. Teacher support material is available. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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