Fluid Mechanics (Photocopy Edition)

Author: (USA) White
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: [Editor's Recommendation]
● Provides open-ended, design-related exercises and assignments for students, beneficial for practical application.
● Accompanied by EES software to help students effectively use computers to simulate, solve, and explore fluid mechanics problems. Some exercises can be solved using EES.
● Includes U.S. Engineering Foundation Examination questions, with interactive learning available via the book's CD-ROM, allowing students to directly understand U.S. fluid mechanics teaching requirements.
● Offers a "BookNet" for both students and teachers, including an electronic student learning guide, a fluid mechanics professional website, slides of book images, and the EES website, to help students better grasp key fluid mechanics concepts.
This book aims to convey the fundamental concepts, theories, and practical applications of fluid mechanics, laying a foundation for students pursuing studies or research in flow-related fields, or for engineering design. The book is divided into eleven chapters, including: Introduction, Fluid Pressure Distribution, Integral Relations for Control Volumes, Differential Relations for Fluid Motion, Dimensional Analysis and Similarity Principles, Viscous Flow in Pipes, Flow Around Objects, Potential Flow and Computational Fluid Dynamics, Compressible Flow, Open Channel Flow, and Turbomachinery. The first five chapters cover the fundamentals of fluid mechanics, while the last six chapters are closely related to practical flow phenomena. The book strikes a well-balanced approach among the three analytical methods in fluid mechanics: integral, differential, and experimental. It places strong emphasis on modern fluid mechanics knowledge, such as providing an in-depth introduction to the theory of turbulent boundary layers and a brief overview of computational fluid dynamics, enabling students to apply their knowledge after graduation.
The book is rich in content, innovative in perspective, well-illustrated, and written in clear language. The accompanying flow photographs are highly inspirational, sparking students' interest and engagement in fluid mechanics problems. It is a renowned and highly regarded foundational textbook in fluid mechanics.