Fluid Mechanics: An Intermediate Approach

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Fluid Mechanics: An Intermediate Approach addresses the problems facing engineers today by taking on practical, rather than theoretical problems. Instead of following an approach that focuses on mathematics first, this book allows you to develop an intuitive physical understanding of various fluid flows, including internal compressible flows with simultaneous area change, friction, heat transfer, and rotation. Drawing on over 40 years of industry and teaching experience, the author emphasizes physics-based analyses and quantitative predictions needed in the state-of-the-art thermofluids research and industrial design applications. Numerous worked-out examples and illustrations are used in the book to demonstrate various problem-solving techniques. The book covers compressible flow with rotation, Fanno flows, Rayleigh flows, isothermal flows, normal shocks, and oblique shocks; Bernoulli, Euler, and Navier-Stokes equations; boundary layers; and flow separation. Dedication Contents Preface Acknowledgments Author 1. Kinematics of Fluid Flow 2. Key Concepts of Thermofluids 3. Control Volume Analysis 4. Bernoulli Equation 5. Compressible Flow 6. Potential Flow 7. Navier–Stokes Equations: Exact Solutions 8. Boundary Layer Flow 9. Flow Network Modeling 10. Turbulent Flow Computational Fluid Dynamics: An Industrial Overview Appendix A: Compressible Flow Equations and Tables Appendix B: Analytical Solution of Coupled Heat Transfer and Work Transfer in a Rotating Duct Flow Appendix C: Temperature and Pressure Changes in Isentropic Free and Forced Vortices Appendix D: Converting Quantities between Stator and Rotor Reference Frames Appendix E: Vorticity and Circulation Appendix F: Review of Necessary Mathematics Appendix G: Suggested Project Problems