Fox, McDonald & Pritchard provide a balanced approach to fluid mechanics that arms students with a proven problem-solving methodology. Students will learn to adopt an orderly approach to solving problems.

• Providing a fresh look, new co-author Philip J. Pritchard, of Manhattan College, has clarified and improved descriptions and explanations throughout the book.
• The text emphasizes the control volume concept to provide a practical problem solving approach that is theoretically inclusive.
• 116 detailed example problems illustrate important concepts; each problem is solved in complete detail to demonstrate good solution procedure.
• 45 example problems have associated Excel/workbooks that enable students to perform “What if?” scenarios when studying the examples; many of the workbooks can be modified to solve end-of-chapter problems.
• Students can use Excelto vary problems parameters to gain insight into the behavior of complex solutions.
• 1315 end-of-chapter problems, with varying degrees of difficulty, provide the opportunity to practice building problem-solving skills.
• The CD accompanying the text includes: special and/or advanced topic sections for further study that are not include in the printed text, 45 example problem workbooks in Excel, and “A Brief Review of Microsoft Excel” (an introduction to Excel’sbasic features, and such advanced features as Solverand macros).

Over 100 detailed example problems illustrate important fluid mechanics concepts:

• Approximately 1300 end-of-chapter problems are arranged by difficulty level and include many problems that are designed to be solved using Excel.
• The CD for the book includes: A Brief Review of Microsoft Excel and numerous Excel files for the example problems and for use in solving problems.
• The new edition includes an expanded discussion of pipe networks, and a new section on oblique shocks and expansion waves.

Fox, McDonald & Pritchard provide a balanced approach to fluid mechanics that arms students with a proven problem-solving methodology. Students will learn to adopt an orderly approach to solving problems.

• Providing a fresh look, new co-author Philip J. Pritchard, of Manhattan College, has clarified and improved descriptions and explanations throughout the book.
• The text emphasizes the control volume concept to provide a practical problem solving approach that is theoretically inclusive.
• 116 detailed example problems illustrate important concepts; each problem is solved in complete detail to demonstrate good solution procedure.
• 45 example problems have associated Excel/workbooks that enable students to perform “What if?” scenarios when studying the examples; many of the workbooks can be modified to solve end-of-chapter problems.
• Students can use Excelto vary problems parameters to gain insight into the behavior of complex solutions.
• 1315 end-of-chapter problems, with varying degrees of difficulty, provide the opportunity to practice building problem-solving skills.
• The CD accompanying the text includes: special and/or advanced topic sections for further study that are not include in the printed text, 45 example problem workbooks in Excel, and “A Brief Review of Microsoft Excel” (an introduction to Excel’sbasic features, and such advanced features as Solverand macros).

CHAPTER 2 FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS /19

CHAPTER 3 FLUID STATICS /52

CHAPTER 4 BASIC EQUATIONS IN INTEGRAL FORM

FOR A CONTROL VOLUME /92

CHAPTER 5 INTRODUCTION TO DIFFERENTIAL

ANALYSIS OF FLUID MOTION /161

CHAPTER 6 INCOMPRESSIBLE INVISCID FLOW /215

CHAPTER 7 DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS AND SIMILITUDE /268

CHAPTER 8 INTERNAL INCOMPRESSIBLE VISCOUS FLOW /302

CHAPTER 9 EXTERNAL INCOMPRESSIBLE VISCOUS FLOW /389

CHAPTER 10 FLUID MACHINERY /457

CHAPTER 11 OPEN-CHANNEL FLOW /546

CHAPTER 12 INTRODUCTION TO COMPRESSIBLE FLOW /581

CHAPTER 13 COMPRESSIBLE FLOW /609

APPENDIX A FLUID PROPERTY DATA /698

APPENDIX B EQUATIONS OF MOTION IN CYLINDRICAL

COORDINATES /710

APPENDIX C VIDEOS FOR FLUID MECHANICS /711

APPENDIX D SELECTED PERFORMANCE CURVES FOR PUMPS

AND FANS /714

APPENDIX E FLOW FUNCTIONS FOR COMPUTATION OF

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW /725

APPENDIX F ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY /736

APPENDIX G SI UNITS, PREFIXES, AND CONVERSION FACTORS /743

APPENDIX H A BRIEF REVIEW OF MICROSOFT EXCEL (ON THE WEB) /W-33

Answers to Selected Problems (on the Web)

Index /745