"Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications," communicates directly with tomorrow's engineers in a simple yet precise manner. The text covers the basic principles and equations of fluid mechanics in the context of numerous and diverse real-world engineering examples. The text helps students develop an intuitive understanding of fluid mechanics by emphasizing the physics, using figures, numerous photographs and visual aids to reinforce the physics. Fluid mechanics is by its very nature a highly visual subject, and students learn more readily by visual stimulation. This text distinguishes itself from others by the way the material is presented - in a progressive order from simple to more difficult, building each chapter upon foundations laid down in previous chapters. In this way, even the traditionally challenging aspects of fluid mechanics can be learned effectively.

About the Author

Yunus A. Cengel is Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno. John M. Cimbala is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The Pennsylvania State Univesity, University Park.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction and Basic Concepts 2 Properties of Fluids 3 Pressure and Fluid Statics 4 Fluid Kinematics 5 Bernoulli and Energy Equations 6 Momentum and Analysis of Flow Systems 7 Dimensional Analysis and Flow Systems 8 Flow in Pipes 9 Differential Analysis of Fluid Flow 10 Approximations of the Navier-Stokes Equation 11 Flow Over Bodies: Drag and Lift 12 Compressible Flow 13 Open-Channel Flow 14 Turbomachinery 15 Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Appendices 1 Property Tables and Charts (SI Units) 2 Property Tables and Charts (English Units) 3 Introduction to EES