Synopses & Reviews
A proven problem-solving approach in Fluid Mechanics now integrated with Excel!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).
Synopsis
A proven problem-solving approach in Fluid Mechanics now integrated with Excel!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 Excel to 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’s basic features, and such advanced features as Solver and macros).
Synopsis
One of the bestselling books in the field, Introduction to Fluid Mechanicscontinues to provide readers with a balanced and comprehensive approach to mastering critical concepts. The new seventh edition once again incorporates a proven problem-solving methodology that will help them develop an orderly plan to finding the right solution. It starts with basic equations, then clearly states assumptions, and finally, relates results to expected physical behavior. Many of the steps involved in analysis are simplified by using Excel.
Synopsis
Fox & McDonald provide a balanced and comprehensive approach to fluid mechanics that arms readers with proven problem-solving methodology! The authors show how to develop an orderly plan to solve problems: starting from basic equations, then clearly stating assumptions, and finally, relating results to expected physical behavior. This new edition simplifies many of the steps involved in analysis by using the computer application Excel.
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.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION /1
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