Som, S. K. Biswas, Gautam Chakraborty, Suman

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

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