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Applied and Computational Fluid Mechanics

Author(s): Scott Post, PhD, Bradley University
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  • ISBN-13: 9781934015476
  • Hardcover    524 pages      © 2011
Price: International Sales $154.95 US List
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Overview

Designed for the fluid mechanics course for mechanical, civil, and aerospace engineering students, or as a reference for professional engineers, this up to date text uses computer algorithms and applications to solve modern problems related to fluid flow, aerodynamics, and thermodynamics. Algorithms and codes for numerical solutions of fluid problems, which can be implemented in programming environments such as MATLAB, are used throughout the book. The author also uses non-language specific algorithms to force the students to think through the logic of the solution technique as they translate the algorithm into the software they are using. The text also includes an introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics, a well-established method in the design of fluid machinery and heat transfer applications. A DVD accompanies the book with source code, MATLAB files, third-party simulations, color figures, and more.

The author has provided numerous additional resources for instructors - scroll down to the Resources tab to request access to:

  • A sample syllabus for your fluid mechanics course
  • Fluid experiments for your classroom
  • A fluid mechanics review of thermodynamics
  • Fluids equation formula sheets
  • Answers to the end-of-chapter questions
  • And Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides

Scroll down to the Samples tab to find supplemental reading and reports from NASA regarding Fluid Mechanics.

 

ShowKey Features

  • Contains an introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), including capabilities and limitations of CFD and common problems
  • Contains practical applications such as aerodynamic design of ground vehicles, fuel injectors, iterative pipe flow problems, wind turbines, rockets, pumps, and more
  • Covers the basic principles of fluid flows for undergraduate engineering students with a theoretical development of each concept presented, followed by algorithms, examples, and applications.
  • Covers various specific topics of importance in modern engineering applications, including fuel injectors, fluid flows in biological systems, and an introduction to heat transfer
  • Includes a DVD with general algorithms, source code, simulations, etc., for fluid problems which can be implemented in programming environments such as MATLAB
  • Instructor’s Resource Disc and Web site with solutions, additional code, simulations, PowerPoint slides, videos, and more are available upon adoption as a textbook

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ShowTable of Contents

Chapter 1  Introduction
Chapter 2  Fluid Statics
Chapter 3  Fluid Dynamics
Chapter 4  Differential Equations of Fluid Motion
Chapter 5  Internal Flow
Chapter 6  External Flow
Chapter 7  Rotating Machinery
Chapter 8  Additional Applications
Chapter 9  Fluid Measurement Techniques
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Scott Post, PhD-Bradley University

Scott Post, PhD received his B.S.M.E. from the University of Missouri-Columbia, his M.S.M.E. from Purdue University, and his PhD from Purdue University in 2001. He has taught mechanical engineering as an assistant professor at Michigan Technological University in Michigan's upper peninsula from 2001 to 2006, and has been an assistant professor at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois since 2006. He has also spent three summers working as a summery faculty fellow at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in the Mojave Desert in Southern California. His research interests include computational fluid dynamics, high-speed photography, engines, alternative fuels, fuel sprays, turbulence, and aerodynamics. He is currently working on trying to build a cyclogyro. In his spare time he enjoys cooking and photography.

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  • "This book, more than most, includes a lot of commentary on real world situations that both keep interest level up and which indicate some of the types of applications which the student may find himself studying in post-college life. This includes some quite interesting commentary on fluid flow in biological systems including the human lung and wings of insects and birds, studies on the air flow around large trucks, and numerous photos and comments on strangely shaped aircraft studied by NASA and others."

    -John Matlock
    Books-On-Line
     

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