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Mechanics of Fluids, Seventh Edition
Presenting material on the mechanics of fluids which is needed for an honours-degree course in civil or mechanical engineering, this text also provides relevant coverage of the subject for undergraduate courses in aeronautical and chemical engineering.
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First published September 23, 1998
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February 26, 2024
This is a very good 'practical' book on fluid mechanics (aka fluid dynamics). It is written more for an engineer than a mathematician, and this makes it a very useful book for *both types* of people.
Instead of focussing on mathematically tractable but unrealistic cases, it instead does its best to explain real problems. If the problems are too hard to solve completely (which in fluid dynamics they very often are) then the reader is given a 'best we can do' answer - which is what a practical engineer needs and also what a mathematician ought to know in addition to the fancy (but probably unrealistic) maths he might learn elsewhere.
Instead of focussing on mathematically tractable but unrealistic cases, it instead does its best to explain real problems. If the problems are too hard to solve completely (which in fluid dynamics they very often are) then the reader is given a 'best we can do' answer - which is what a practical engineer needs and also what a mathematician ought to know in addition to the fancy (but probably unrealistic) maths he might learn elsewhere.
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