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| View Larger Image | Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
by Robert W. Fox, Alan T. McDonald, Philip J. Pritchard
| | Price: | $162.50 |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 2 to 3 weeks | | | | | Sales Rank: | 121147 | | Studio: | Wiley | | | Binding: | Hardcover | | Number Of Pages: | 800 | | Publication Date: | July 23, 2003 | | Publisher: | Wiley |
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Product Description
Fox & McDonald provide a balanced and comprehensive approach to fluid mechanics that arms readers with proven problem-solving methodology! The authors show how to develop an orderly plan to solve problems: starting from basic equations, then clearly stating assumptions, and finally, relating results to expected physical behavior. This new edition simplifies many of the steps involved in analysis by using the computer application Excel.
Over 100 detailed example problems illustrate important fluid mechanics concepts: - Approximately 1300 end-of-chapter problems are arranged by difficulty level and include many problems that are designed to be solved using Excel.
- The CD for the book includes: A Brief Review of Microsoft Excel and numerous Excel files for the example problems and for use in solving problems.
- The new edition includes an expanded discussion of pipe networks, and a new section on oblique shocks and expansion waves.
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.0 based on 19 reviews)
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Great book for relearning Fluid Mechanics 
I recently had the need to go back and relearn fluid mechanics five years after originally taking the course. I found this book to be amazingly helpful. The thing it does better than just about any book I have seen before is example problems. They are numerous, and make sense. Also, many higher up text books neglect putting answers to significant numbers of problems in the back of the book. Since the best way to learn a subject is working problems, this book really allows you to pick up the subject on your own.
September 28, 2008 | |
Useful Fluids Book 
I think this is a decent book to learn fluid mechanics concepts from. There are many examples in the book and it doesn't make the subject as daunting as some other textbooks can make it. I don't really think it was particularly necessary for portions of the textbook to be placed in a CD since I eventually printed out most of the material when I was studying that particular section.
July 15, 2008 | |
A good introduction to fluid mechanics
I am only half way through the book so far, however I have noticed from other reviews that many students do not like this book.
In my opinion, I find the book to be very enjoyable to both read and study from. It provides concise derivations for Reynolds Transport Theorem, Bernoulli's Equation, Navier-Stokes Equations and others that are necessary to understand fluid mechanics. The example problems are useful and well laid out. What some students may not like is that the book tends to take a more long winded approach to solving certain problems. However that approach is the proper one when solving more complex fluid mechanic problems.
October 28, 2007 | |
Horrible Textbook 
This textbook, is horribly written. It is does not explain concepts and examples in a sequential manner. Would not recommend this book for understanding fluid mechanics.
September 29, 2007 | |
Difficult text 
This book goes a long way to describe the most simple concepts in a confusing way. I ended up learning from a different text book. If your university uses this book, it is probably a good idea to take this course somewhere else. This book assumes that you have already taken dynamics and thermodynamics! The problems are not clearly written, so trying to understand the question is often more time consuming than finding the solution.
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