Fluid mechanics : fundamentals and applications

Covers the basic principles and equations of fluid mechanics in the context of numerous and diverse real-world engineering examples. This book helps students develop an understanding of fluid mechanics by emphasizing the physics, using figures, photographs and visual aids to reinforce the physics

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cengel, Yunus A. (Author), Cimbala, John M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston, Massachusetts : McGraw-Hill Higher Education , c2010
Edition:2nd ed
Series:Cengel series in engineering thermal-fluid science
Subjects:
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction and basic concepts
  • 2. Properties of fluids
  • 3. Pressure and fluid statics
  • 4. Fluid kinematics
  • 5. Mass, Bernoulli, and energy equations
  • 6. Momentum analysis of flow systems
  • 7. Dimensional analysis and modeling
  • 8. Internal flow
  • 9. Differential analysis of fluid flow
  • 10. Approximate solutions of the navier-stokes equation
  • 11. external flow: drag and lift
  • 12. Compressible flow
  • 13. Open-channel flow
  • 14. Turbomachinery
  • 15. Introduction to computational fluid dynamics