A guide to fluid mechanics / Hongwei Wang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wang, Hongwei (Teacher in fluid mechanics), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fluid mechanics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 305 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This book is written for the learner's point of view, with the purpose of helping readers understand the principles of flow. The theory is explained using ordinary and accessible language, where fluid mechanics is presented in analogy to solid mechanics to emphasize that they are all the application of Newtonian mechanics and thermodynamics. All the informative and helpful illustrations are drawn by the author, uniting the science and the art with figures that complement the text and provide clear understanding. Another unique feature is that one of the chapters is wholly dedicated to providing 25 selected interesting and controversial flow examples, with the purpose of linking theory with practice. The book will be useful to both beginners in the field and experts in other fields, and is ideal for college students, graduate students, engineers, and technicians.

Contents:

Fluids and fluid mechanics

Forces in a static fluid

Description of fluid motion

Basic equations of fluid dynamics

Inviscid flow and potential flow method

Viscous shear flow

Fundamentals of compressible flow

Similarity and dimensional analysis

Analysis of some flow phenomena.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Mar 2023).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781108671149 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.