Potter, Merle C.

Mechanics of fluids / Merle C. Potter, David C. Wiggert ; with Midhat Hondza, Tom I-P. Shih. - 3rd ed. - Pacific Grove, Calif. : Brooks/Cole,Thomson Learning, c2002. - xvi, 863 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 841-843) and index.

Ch.1. Basic Considerations. - Ch. 2. Fluid Statics. - Ch. 3. Introduction to Fluid in Motion. - Ch. 4. The Integral Forms of the Fundamental Laws. - Ch. 5. The Differential Forms of the Fundamental Laws. Ch. 6. Dimensional Analysis and Similitude. - Ch. 7. Internal Flows. - Ch. 8. External Flows. - Ch. 9. Compressible Flow. - Ch. 10. Flow in Open Channels. Ch. 11. Flows in Piping Systems. Ch. 12. Turbomachinery. - Ch. 13. Measurements in Fluid Mechanics. - Ch. 14. Environmental Fluid Mechanics. Ch. 15. Computational Fluid Dynamics. - Appendix. - Bibliography. - Answers to Selected Problems. - Index. - Credits.

0534379966 (hbk.) 9780534379964 (hbk.)


Fluid mechanics.

620.106 / POT