Mechanics of Fluids, Eighth Edition - Softcover
Massey has long been a best-selling textbook. This extensively revised and updated eighth edition, like its predecessors, presents the basic principles of the mechanics of fluids in a thorough and clear manner. It provides the essential material for an honours degree course in civil or mechanical engineering, in addition to providing much relevant material for undergraduate courses in aeronautical and chemical engineering.
Emphasis is given to a sound physical understanding of fluid flow and its engineering applications, rather than to mathematical techniques. Students are introduced systematically to the subject, with the text moving from the simple to the complex, and from the familiar to the unfamiliar. SI units are used throughout and there are many worked examples. The book is essentially self-contained.
The opening chapter has been expanded to provide a broader introduction to fluid mechanics. New topics for this edition include basic applications of complex variable theory, the physics of tsunamis, procedures for the selection of pumps and fans, and the losses for flow through nozzles, orifice meters, perforated plates and gauzes. For lecturers, an accompanying solutions manual is available.
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Dr. John Ward-Smith served an engineering apprenticeship with Vickers-Armstrong (Aircraft) and studied Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at Kingston Technical College (now Kingston University). He obtained the degrees of MSc from the College of Aeronautics (now Cranfield University) and DPhil from the University of Oxford, where he undertook research on aspects of fluid flow in ducts. From 1971 to 1995 he was Lecturer, subsequently Senior Lecturer, in Mechanical Engineering at Brunel University. Before he retired in 2002, he was Senior Research Fellow in Biomechanics in the Department of Sport Sciences at Brunel. He is the author of some 50 technical papers and three previous books including Internal Fluid Flow and Pressure Losses in Ducted Flows.
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This classic textbook explains the basic principles of the mechanics of fluids. The emphasis is on a sound physical understanding of fluid flow and its engineering applications... New topics for the eighth edition include the physics of tsunamis; procedures for the selection of pumps and fans; and flow losses through nozzles, orifice meters, screens, and gauzes.
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- PublisherCRC Press
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0415362067
- ISBN 13 9780415362061
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages704
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