Introduction to Fluid Mechanics | 
| Authors: Robert W. Fox, Alan T. Mcdonald, Philip J. Pritchard
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 26342
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 6
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 800
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.5
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 8.2 x 1.4
ISBN: 0471202312
Dewey Decimal Number: 620.106
EAN: 9780471202318
ASIN: 0471202312
Publication Date: July 23, 2003
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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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 Useful Fluids Book July 15, 2008
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.
 A good introduction to fluid mechanics October 28, 2007
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.
 Horrible Textbook September 29, 2007
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.
 Difficult text May 5, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
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.
The author could have made this book reader friendly May 26, 2006
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
This book is good at the respeact that it has a variety amount of problem of each type that the author WANT students to solve.
The above is the positive side. But in the negative respect:
1) This book doesn't have enough samples to help the students the grasp on the correct idea, maybe he should add an extra one or two samples into each applicable section of the chapters. (The author sometimes expect us to get all different types of problems by only explaining one type of problems, which left us in blank in approaching other types of problems.)
2) The author has a hard time formating the paragraphs to make it readable.(It is word heavy in some sections that makes me stop reading. In addition, it is too verbose in some parts, and it is not having enough detail in some other parts.)
3) The problem picturs and wording are often confusing. (He should clear up some of the pictures and word. ie. some pictures are supposed to have a nozzle, but it doesn't, some picture's dimension is supposed to be as same as the others, but it doesn't look like it. We have to make the correct kind of ASSUMPTIONS(mistakes/unclarity) in order the get the solution)
4)Not enough "cover page stuff", a lot of times i have to look for a certain convertion/constant in order to complete the problem.
5) WE are ASSUMED to know all the convertion from all the different kind of unit system. (ie. WHAT is degree R, and how do you convert it to degree C? How do you convert Btu to another system?)(He needs to have more explaination on that.
That is the stuff i hate about this book so far.I think this book has some great materials, but he just need to present it better! By considering this is my first fluid book, i don't know what is in the others, so i'm not giving it a one instead.
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