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Introduction to fluid mechanics /

Designed to provide a rigorous foundation in fluid mechanics for applications in civil, mechanical, chemical, and hydraulic engineering, this book assumes a sophomore-level background in differential calculus, Taylor series, and the elements of vector analysis. Essential topics covered include lamin...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:QA911 W5.47
Main Author: Whitaker, Stephen
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Malabar, Florida : Krieger, ©1968.
Series:Prentice Hall international series in the physical and chemical engineering sciences
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Fluid statics and one-dimensional laminar flow
  • 3. Kinematics
  • 4. Steets in a fluid
  • 5. The differential equations of motion
  • 6. Turbulent flow
  • 7. Macroscopic balances: inertial effects
  • 8. Macroscopic balances: viscous effects
  • 9. Open channel flow
  • 10. Compressible flow
  • 11. Flow around immersed bodies