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Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Schaum's)


by Ranald V. Giles, Cheng Liu, Jack B. Evett, Jack Evett

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Sales Rank: 45441
Studio: McGraw-Hill
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: October 01, 1994
Publisher: McGraw-Hill


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CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 6 reviews)

I got an A in Hydraulics  
The outline was a handy, well-organized supplemental text that helped because we were using a really poor textbook. The worked problems were especially useful, but the summaries were clear, too.
January 05, 2007

Fluid Mechanics  
I like this book very much. It has a lot of good information.
January 04, 2007

Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Schaum's)  
It is an excellent condition and delivered on time.

February 23, 2006

Good source of solved problems in fluid mechanics  
I am not a mechanical engineer. Instead, I am an electrical engineer who took an undergraduate fluid mechanics class last fall to help with some graphical simulation work I was doing. However, I still had to pass the same examinations and do the same homework as the other students who did have a mechanical engineering background, and I found this outline immensely helpful. This book is an excellent source of problem-solving techniques and exercises for anyone who is taking an undergraduate course in fluid mechanics, which is the branch of science concerned with how fluids behave at rest or in motion. This outline assumes that you are already familiar with statics and with calculus, and it makes heavy use of both subjects. There is not a lot of verbal explanation in this outline. Explanation is done mainly through the introduction of some formulas, and then some completely worked out examples using those formulas. It is not at all dry in its presentation, however, and makes heavy and appropriate use of instructive figures and diagrams. Fluid mechanics is about solving problems, and the most difficult part is analyzing the system and reducing it to a series of equations. Once this has been achieved there are a number of standard methods that can be used to solve them. This book gives a good amount of practice at allowing the student to figure out how to approach larger problems in chapters 8 through 10 - "Flow in Closed Conduits", "Complex Pipeline Systems", and "Flow in Open Channels", and also in the final chapter of the outline "Fluid Machinery". This book is a great companion to Munson's "Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics", which is the best textbook on the subject that I have encountered.
February 18, 2006

Recommended for Reference/Overview  
Like all of the Schaum guides for subjects in Mechanical Engineering, this outline provides a good overview of fluid mechanics, but it doesn't go into a great deal of depth. It's easy to find the equations if you want to use the book as a reference manual or a study guide, and the problems can serve as a good supplement to an undergraduate class in Fluids.
June 22, 2000


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