Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics

Author: Wang Huimin
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: This book is a concise fluid mechanics textbook designed for shorter course schedules, serving as the second edition of the original "Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics" published in 1991. The book consists of 7 chapters, including Introduction, Fluid Statics, Fluid Kinematics, Basic Differential Equations of Fluid Dynamics, Steady Plane Potential Flow, Theoretical Basis of Boundary Layer in Fluid Dynamics, and Basic Integral Form Equations. Each chapter concludes with review questions and exercises. This book can be used as a textbook for undergraduate students and engineering master's degree candidates in majors such as civil engineering, water conservancy, environmental science, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, petroleum engineering, and chemical engineering, as well as for reference by teaching, research, and engineering professionals in related fields.
Main Features of the Book:
· Focuses on incompressible fluids, adopting a viscous flow-centered system to demonstrate the close integration of fluid mechanics theory with practical problems.
· As a concise fluid mechanics textbook, it is brief, straightforward, and rigorous in concepts, making it easy for students to thoroughly read and fully grasp the material.
· After deriving the basic differential and integral form equations, the book presents exact solutions for two-dimensional open channels and circular pipes, deriving velocity profiles and average velocities, which serve as the foundation for deriving the "longitudinal head loss formula" for open channels and pipes, thereby organically linking two-dimensional and one-dimensional flows.
· By simplifying the integral form equations, the book introduces the famous "three major equations of hydraulics," saving time while maintaining clear concepts.
· Examples illustrating the solutions of one-dimensional, two-dimensional, and three-dimensional flow problems help students master the fundamental principles and basic problem-solving methods of fluid mechanics.
This book is a concise fluid mechanics textbook. It consists of 7 chapters, including Introduction, Fluid Statics, Fluid Kinematics, Basic Differential Equations of Fluid Dynamics, Steady Plane Potential Flow, Theoretical Basis of Boundary Layer, and Basic Integral Form Equations of Fluid Dynamics, accompanied by review questions and exercises. The appendix includes vector operations and basic equations in orthogonal curvilinear coordinates for easy reference. This book can be used as a fluid mechanics textbook for undergraduate students and engineering master's degree candidates in civil engineering, water conservancy, and other related fields at higher engineering colleges, as well as for reference by teaching, research, and engineering professionals in civil engineering, water conservancy, environmental protection, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, petroleum engineering, and meteorology.