Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1Introduction and Basic Concepts
Chapter 2Properties of Fluids
Chapter 3Pressure and Fluid Statics
Chapter 4Fluid Kinematics
Chapter 5Bernoulli and Energy Equations
Chapter 6Momentum Analysis of Flow Systems
Chapter 7Dimensional Analysis and Modeling
Chapter 8Internal Flow
Chapter 9 Differential Analysis of Fluid Flow
Chapter 10Approximate Solutions of the Navier-stokes Equation
Chapter 11External Flow: Drag and Lift
Chapter 12Compressible Flow
Chapter 13Open-channel Flow
Chapter 14Turbomachinery
Chapter 15Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics
Appendix Property Table and Charts
Glossary
Index

About the Author

John M. Cimbala is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), University Park, PA. He received his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Penn State and his M.S. in Aeronautics from the California Institute of Technology (CalTech). He received his Ph.D. in Aeronautics from CalTech in 1984. His research areas include experimental and computational fluid mechanics and heat transfer, turbulence, turbulence modeling, turbomachinery, indoor air quality, and air pollution control. More information can be found at www.mne.psu.edu/cimbala. 
Professor Cimbala is the recipient of several outstanding teaching awards and views his book writing as an extension of his love of teaching. He is a member and Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).  He is also a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and the American Physical Society (APS).