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Fluid Mechanics with Student Resources, 5th edition

by: Frank M. White
en

0072831804  9780072831801 



Fluid Mechanics with Student Resources CD-ROM
By Frank M. White




Book Description:

The fifth edition of FLUID MECHANICS continues the tradition of precision, accuracy, accessibility and strong conceptual presentation. The author balances three separate approaches¿integral, differential and experimental¿to provide a foundation for fluid mechanics concepts and applications. Chapter 1 now provides a more student-accessible introduction to the field. After covering the basics in the first six chapters, the text moves on to applications, with chapters on ducts, immersed bodies, potential flow, compressible flow, open channel flow and turbomachinery. New material on CFD is included in Chapter 7 to give students a sense of its importance in modern engineering practice. The fifth edition includes a new problem-solving methodology, introduced at the beginning of the book and used consistently in worked-out examples. 1,650 chapter problems are now included, organized into several problem types. Students can progress from general ones to those involving design, multiple steps and computer usage. Word problems are included to build readers’ conceptual understanding of the subject, and FE Exam problems (in multiple-choice format) are included. EES (Engineering Equation Solver) software is included so that students can effectively use the computer to model, solve and modify typical fluid mechanics problems. A CD ROM containing EES is free with every book, and Appendix E describes its use and application to fluid mechanics. A limited version of EES, that does not expire, is included on the CD ROM; users of the book can also download and distribute the full Academic Version of EES, which is renewed annually with a new username and password. In addition to the bound-in CD ROM, a full Book Website is available for students and instructors. This contains an electronic Student Study Guide; interactive FE Exam questions; links to professional websites; PowerPoint slides of book figures; and a link to the EES website. A printed Solutions Manual is also available to adopters of the fifth edition.




Summary: Must Have for any Fluid Dynamics Student
Rating: 5

Professor White has always had masterful contributions to the field of fluid mechanics. This book is no exception. More geared for learning the fundamentals, this book does a truly excellent job.

I highly recommend it for any student learning fluids. I checked this book out of our library for three consecutive semesters it was so useful. Finally I just bought a copy for my own collection.

Great book.



Summary: Best book for Introductory Fluid Mechanics
Rating: 5

This is the best book available for intro to fluids. The chapter on control volume analysis is an excellent introduction to control volume techinques. The problems at the end of chapter gives suffcient practice to apply these techniques to real world situations. The chapter on Compressible flow is also very nicely written. During my undergrad studies, this is the book which kindled my interest in fluid mechanics and subsequently to acoustics. My sincere thanks to the author for introducing the subject so clearly.



Summary: Good book with one exception.
Rating: 4

I got this book for a Intermediate Fluid Mechanics course. It is not a bad book, the derivations are not extremely complicated nor too rigorous. The reason why I don't give it 5 stars is that the chapter 5 (dimensional analysis) is horrible.



Summary: A Fluid Book
Rating: 5

Professor Frank M. White is one of the few double professors who is also an effective author and proficient teacher. As an undergrad I took an introductory fluids course taught by the author at the University of Rhode Island, and I found him to be an extraordinary teacher who could explain complex topics in a straightforward, unassuming manner. The same style of teaching is carried over to his written works, this book in particular.

A relative of mine is enrolled in an engineering college which uses this book for the introductory fluid mechanics course. I had an opportunity to read the chapters on dimensional analysis as well as potential flow and turbomachinery, and I can say that the style remains the same, that is, it is written for students with ample examples and readable text. Most of the book is still very familiar to me since the text resided on my desk for 13 years when I worked as mechanical engineer for a major shipbuilder. As an engineer working in the marine design industry and later in computational fluid dynamics, I found the fundamentals presented in my earlier version of the book relevant for review and reference throughout my career.

There are only four teachers I have encountered, while obtaining three degrees in two institutions, who are unconcerned with impressing their colleagues but instead possess a strong explicit enthusiasm for and absolute understanding of the topics that they teach. Professor White was the first of these educators, and I only wish that I had appreciated the scope and style of his teachings when I was an undergrad. I have over sixty textbooks which I have read for college level courses over a 25 year period. The most clear, comprehensive and understandable text unquestionably has been Professor White's fluid mechanics book.



Summary: Good seller
Rating: 5

I bought a textbook from this seller. It came rather quickly and in great condition.