Fluid Mechanics (Dover Books on Physics)

US: Dover Publications, 1995. Paperback. Good. The mixture of prose, mathematics, and beautiful illustrations is particul arly well chosen." - American Scientist This monumental text by a noted authority in the field is specially designe d to provide an orderly structured introduction to fluid mechanics, a field all too often seen by students as an amorphous mass of disparate equations instead of the coherent body of theory and application it should be. In ad dition, the book will help upgrade students' mathematical skills as they le arn the fundamentals of fluid mechanics. The text presents a unified method of analysis that poses fluid mechanics p roblems in precise mathematical language without becoming stiff or unnecess arily rigorous. This method involves three steps: First, the text carefully defines each problem so the student knows what is given and what is missin g. Second, each chapter treats the physical aspects of the problems so the student can visualize how things work in the real world. Third, the text re presents the physical model by appropriate mathematical symbols and operato rs, collects these into equations, and then solves them. The result is a su perb learning and teaching process that covers everything the engineer need s to know - nature of fluids, hydrostatics, differential and integral equat ions, dimensional analysis, viscous flows, and other topics - while allowin g students to see each element in its relation to the whole. Each chapter contains numerous examples incorporating problem-solving techniques, demonstrations to illustrate topical material, study questions, boxed equations of significant results, appropriate references to supplementary materia.