Introduction to fluid mechanics and fluid machines
- 3rd ed.
- Chennai: Mc Graw Hill Education (India) Pvt. Ltd., 2024.
- xiii, 841p.; 21cms.
This book provides the reader with a good foundation to understand fluid mechanics and apply that knowledge in the proliferating world of engineering science. The content has been rearranged and rejuvenated in such a way that each chapter introduces the topic and then familiarizes the readers with all the associated principles and applications in a systematic manner.
Table of contents:
1. Introduction and Fundamental Concepts 2. Fluids Under Rest/Rigid Body Motion 3. Kinematics of Fluid Flow 4. Dynamics of Inviscid Flows: Fundamentals and Applications 5. Integral Forms of Conservation Equations 6. Principles of Physical Similarity and Dimensional Analysis 7. Flow of Ideal Fluids 8. Dynamics of Viscous Flows 9. Laminar Boundary Layers 10. Turbulent Flow 11. Viscous Flows through Pipes 12. Flows with a Free Surface 13. Applications of Unsteady Flows 14. Compressible Flow 15. Principles of Fluid Machines 16. Compressors, Fans and Blowers
About the Book: Introduction to Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Machines
This book provides the reader with a good foundation to understand fluid mechanics and apply that knowledge in the proliferating world of engineering science. The content has been rearranged and rejuvenated in such a way that each chapter introduces the topic and then familiarises the readers with all the associated principles and applications in a systematic manner.
About the Authors: SK Som, Gautam Biswas, S Chakraborty
SK Som, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Gautam Biswas, Director and J C Bose National Fellow, Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute
S Chakraborty, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
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Fluid mechanics Fluid machines Kinematics of fluid flow Flow of ideal fluids