Fluid Mechanics Fundamentals and Applications

Cengel and Cimbala's Fluid Mechanics Fundamentals and Applications, communicates directly with tomorrow's engineers in a simple yet precise manner. The text covers the basic principles and equations of fluid mechanics in the context of numerous and diverse real-world engineering examples. The text helps students develop an intuitive understanding of fluid mechanics by emphasizing the physics, using figures, numerous photographs and visual aids to reinforce the physics. The highly visual approach enhances the learning of Fluid mechanics by students. This text distinguishes itself from others by the way the material is presented - in a progressive order from simple to more difficult, building each chapter upon foundations laid down in previous chapters. In this way, even the traditionally challenging aspects of fluid mechanics can be learned effectively. McGraw-Hill's Connect, is also available as an optional, add on item. Connect is the only integrated learning system that empowers students by continuously adapting to deliver precisely what they need, when they need it, how they need it, so that class time is more effective. Connect allows the professor to assign homework, quizzes, and tests easily and automatically grades and records the scores of the student's work. Problems are randomized to prevent sharing of answers an may also have a "multi-step solution" which helps move the students' learning along if they experience difficulty.

Table of Contents:
1) Introduction and Basic Concepts 2) Properties of Fluids 3) Pressure and Fluid Statics 4) Fluid Kinematics 5) Bernoulli and Energy Equations 6) Momentum Analysis of Flow Systems 7) Dimensional Analysis and Modeling 8) Internal Flow 9) Differential Analysis of Fluid Flow 10) Approximate Solutions of the Navier-Stokes Equation 11) External Flow: Drag and Lift 12) Compressible Flow 13) Open-Channel Flow 14) Turbomachinery 15) Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics Appendices 1) Property Tables and Charts (SI Units) 2) Property Tables and Charts (English Units)

About the Author :
John M. Cimbala   is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The Pennsylï¿vania State University (Penn State), University Park, PA. He received his B.S. in Aerospace Engi-neering from Penn State and his M.S. in Aeronautics from the California Institute of Technology (CalTech). He received his Ph.D. in Aeronautics from CalTech in 1984. His research areas include experimental and computational fluid mechanï¿ics and heat transfer, turbulence, turbulence modeling, turbomachinery, indoor air quality, and air pollution control. Professor Cimbala completed sabbatical leaves at NASA Langley Research Center (199394), where he advanced his knowledge of computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and at Weir American Hydro (201011), where he performed CFD analyses to assist in the design of hydroturbines.  Dr. Cimbala is the author or coauthor of dozens of journal and conference papers and is the coauthor of four other textbooks:   Indoor Air Quality Engiï¿neering: Environmental Health and Control of Indoor Pollutants   (2003), pubï¿lished by Marcel-Dekker, Inc.;   Essentials of Fluid Mechanics   (2008);   Fundamentals of Thermal-Fluid Sciences (5th ed., 2017), and   Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications   (4th ed., 2018), all published by McGraw-Hill Education. He has also contributed to parts of other books, and is the author or coauthor of dozens of journal and conference papers. He has also recently ventured into writing novels. More information can be found at www.mne.psu.edu/cimbala.  Professor Cimbala is the recipient of several outstanding teaching awards and views his book writing as an extension of his love of teaching. He is a member and Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).  He is also a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and the American Physical Society (APS).