An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics: Principles of Analysis and Design
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (824 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0471182095 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 528 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Unsatisfactory approach For a subject as complex and challenging as fluid dynamics, it's imperative that the textbook be clear and comprehensive. It is mainly lacking in the first area. The mentality tends to be as follows:1. Here's this complex problem.2. Let's make these 5 assumptions, and these assumptions allow us to simplify the problem in this way. We say you are free to choose your assumptions, but really to get the answer we want there's only one correct combination and we're not going to tell you how we arrived at the one we did.3. Math math math. Lots of ambiguously defined notations.Unsatisfactory approach James For a subject as complex and challenging as fluid dynamics, it's imperative that the textbook be clear and comprehensive. It is mainly lacking in the first area. The mentality tends to be as follows:1. Here's this complex problem.2. Let's make these 5 assumptions, and these assumptions allow us to simplify the problem in this way. We say you are free to choose your assumptions, but really to get the answer we want there's only one correct combination and we're not going to tell you how we arrived at the one we did.3. Math math math. Lots of ambiguously defined notations.4. Now we have an expression that's still to difficult to solve . . Now we have an expression that's still to difficult to solve . "Not for beginners?" according to Jan Engmann. I read this book first when preparing tutorials in fluid mechanics for Not for beginners? I read this book first when preparing tutorials in fluid mechanics for 3rd-year chemical engineering students. Maybe there are other textbooks which give more detailed derivations (although I'd like to see them!), but Middleman's text is one of the extremely rare books where mathematical derivations are balanced with detailed accounts of the motivation behind it all. In fluid mechanics, it seems almost unique in this respect, and I found it a pleasure to read.. rd-year chemical engineering students. Maybe there are other textbooks which give more detailed derivations (although I'd like to see them!), but Middleman's text is one of the extremely rare books where mathematical derivations are balanced with detailed accounts of the motivation behind it all. In fluid mechanics, it seems almost unique in this respect, and I found it a pleasure to read.. "Very hard book!" according to A Customer. This book is very hard to understand. The author uses very complex mathematics, that most graduate and professors don't even understand. When coming up with the formula he skips steps that he assumes everyone knows how to do. This book would be ok for graduate students, but for an introduction to fluid dynamics it is a very difficult book. The book does have a lot of examples on different types of systems that will be useful if you ever use that kind of system. The book does have examples for a wide variety of engineers (ie bioengineers, mechanical, civil). But overall this book was very difficult!!!
Filled with examples and problems inspired by real engineering applications, this resource will not only teach, but motivate students to further emerge themselves in the field.. This comprehensive text links abstract mathematics to engineering applications in order to provide a clear and thorough exploration of fluid dynamics. Focus is on the development of mathematical models of physical phenomena and the wide range of technologies available to students
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