Synopses & Reviews
Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications communicates directly with tomorrow's engineers in a simple yet precise manner. The text covers the basic principles and equations of fluid mechanics in the context of numerous and diverse real-world engineering examples. The text helps students develop an intuitive understanding of fluid mechanics by emphasizing the physics, and by supplying attractive figures, numerous photographs and visual aids to reinforce the physics.
Synopsis
Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications communicates directly with tomorrow's engineers in a simple yet precise manner. The text covers the basic principles and equations of fluid mechanics in the context of numerous and diverse real-world engineering examples. The text helps students develop an intuitive understanding of fluid mechanics by emphasizing the physics, and by supplying attractive figures, numerous photographs and visual aids to reinforce the physics.
About the Author
Yunus Cengel (Reno, Nevada) is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction and Basic Concepts2 Properties of Fluids3 Pressure and Fluid Statics4 Fluid Kinematics5 Bernoulli and Energy Equations6 Momentum and Analysis of Flow Systems7 Dimensional Analysis and Flow Systems8 Flow in Pipes9 Differential Analysis of Fluid Flow10 Approximations of the Navier-Stokes Equation11 Flow Over Bodies: Drag and Lift12 Compressible Flow13 Open-Channel Flow14 Turbomachinery15 Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)Appendices1 Property Tables and Charts (SI Units)2 Property Tables and Charts (English Units)3 Introduction to EES