Fundamental Mechanics of Fluids, Third Edition (Mechanical Engineering) (Marcell Dekker): Iain G. Currie

Retaining the features that made previous editions perennial favorites, Fundamental Mechanics of Fluids, Third Edition illustrates basic equations and strategies used to analyze fluid dynamics, mechanisms, and behavior, and offers solutions to fluid flow dilemmas encountered in common engineering applications. The new edition contains completely reworked line drawings, revised problems, and extended end-of-chapter questions for clarification and expansion of key concepts. Includes appendices summarizing vectors, tensors, complex variables, and governing equations in common coordinate systems Comprehensive in scope and breadth, the Third Edition of Fundamental Mechanics of Fluids discusses: · Continuity, mass, momentum, and energy · One-, two-, and three-dimensional flows · Low Reynolds number solutions · Buoyancy-driven flows · Boundary layer theory · Flow measurement · Surface waves · Shock waves
Summary: Great Text
Rating: 5
This book is perfect for a graduate level fluid mechanics text book. It covers both inviscid and viscous flow. Currie proves the equations with a great level of accuracy. This book is an ideal companion to study for a qualifying exam. This is probably the most thorough graduate level text on fluid mechanics. Currie takes the time to prove everything very accurately. Table of Contents Preface Pt. I Governing Equations 1 1 Basic Conservation Laws 3 2 Flow Kinematics 40 3 Special Forms of the Governing Equations 55 Pt. II Ideal-Fluid Flow 69 4 Two-Dimensional Potential Flows 73 5 Three-Dimensional Potential Flows 161 6 Surface Waves 201 Pt. III Viscous Flows of Incompressible Fluids 249 7 Exact Solutions 253 8 Low-Reynolds-Number Solutions 288 9 Boundary Layers 313 10 Buoyancy-Driven Flows 363 Pt. IV Compressible Flow of Inviscid Fluids 395 11 Shock Waves 399 12 One-Dimensional Flows 430 13 Multidimensional Flows 461 App. A Vector Analysis 495 App. B Tensors 500 App. C Governing Equations 505 App. D Complex Variables 510 App. E Thermodynamics 516 Index 521