Fluid mechanics embraces engineering, science, and medicine. This book's logical organization begins with an introductory chapter summarizing the history of fluid mechanics and then moves on to the essential mathematics and physics needed to understand and work in fluid mechanics. Analytical treatments are based on the Navier-Stokes equations. The book also fully addresses the numerical and experimental methods applied to flows. This text is specifically written to meet the needs of students in engineering and science. Overall, readers get a sound introduction to fluid mechanics.
Title: Fluid Mechanics
Author: Durst, Franz
ISBN: 9783642090486
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Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Publication Date: 2010-10-15
Number of Pages: 723
Weight: 1.0436 kg
From the reviews:
Durst ... cover in a modest volume a wide spectrum of topics including incompressible and compressible flows, gas dynamics, heat transfer, numerical solutions, flows of small and large Reynolds numbers, turbulence, and fluid-flow measurements. ... the volume will be valuable for graduate students pursuing fluid mechanics research. It provides thorough analytical coverage of a wide range of fluid mechanics topics and offers brief introductions to numerical and experimental topics. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections. (R. N. Laoulache, Choice, Vol. 46 (9), May, 2009)
Based on the German edition from year 2006, the translated English edition was presented in 2008. It contains 21 chapters. ... The book gives a comprehensive survey of the large field of fluid dynamics. It is very useful for students in engineering and physics. (Bernd Platzer, Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, Vol. 90 (12), 2010)
