{"data":[{"id":85,"title":"Basics of Fluid Mechanics","edition_statement":"ver. 0.6.9.a","volume":null,"copyright_year":2014,"isbn10":null,"isbn13":null,"license":"Free Documentation License (GNU)","language":"eng","accessibility_statement":null,"accessibility_features":["unknown"],"description":"The topic of fluid mechanics is common to several disciplines: mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, chemical engineering, and civil engineering. In fact, it is also related to disciplines like industrial engineering, and electrical engineering. While the emphasis is somewhat different in this book, the common material is presented and hopefully can be used by all. One can only admire the wonderful advances done by the previous geniuses who work in this field. In this book it is hoped to insert, what and when a certain model is suitable than other models. One of the difference in this book is the insertion of the introduction to multiphase flow. Clearly, multiphase is an advance topic. However, some minimal familiarity can be helpful for many engineers who have to deal with non pure single phase fluid. This book is the third book in the series of POTTO project books. POTTO project books are open content textbooks so everyone are welcome to joint in. The topic of fluid mechanics was chosen just to fill the introduction chapter to compressible flow. During the writing it became apparent that it should be a book in its own right. In writing the chapter on fluid statics, there was a realization that it is the best chapter written on this topic. It is hoped that the other chapters will be as good this one. This book is written in the spirit of my adviser and mentor E.R.G. Eckert. Eckert, aside from his research activity, wrote the book that brought a revolution in the education of the heat transfer. Up to Egret's book, the study of heat transfer was without any dimensional analysis. He wrote his book because he realized that the dimensional analysis utilized by him and his adviser (for the post doc), Ernst Schmidt, and their colleagues, must be taught in engineering classes. His book met strong criticism in which some called to \"burn\" his book. Today, however, there is no known place in world that does not teach according to Eckert's doctrine. It is assumed that the same kind of individual(s) who criticized Eckert's work will criticize this work. Indeed, the previous book, on compressible flow, met its opposition. For example, anonymous Wikipedia user name EMBaero claimed that the material in the book is plagiarizing, he just doesn't know from where and what. Maybe that was the reason that he felt that is okay to plagiarize the book on Wikipedia. These criticisms will not change the future or the success of the ideas in this work. As a wise person says \"don't tell me that it is wrong, show me what is wrong\"; this is the only reply. With all the above, it must be emphasized that this book is not expected to revolutionize the field but change some of the way things are taught. The book is organized into several chapters which, as a traditional textbook, deals with a basic introduction to the fluid properties and concepts (under construction). The second chapter deals with Thermodynamics. The third book chapter is a review of mechanics. The next topic is statics. When the Static Chapter was written, this author did not realize that so many new ideas will be inserted into this topic. As traditional texts in this field, ideal flow will be presented with the issue of added mass and added forces (under construction). The classic issue of turbulence (and stability) will be presented. An introduction to multi-phase flow, not a traditional topic, will be presented next (again under construction). The next two chapters will deal with open channel flow and gas dynamics. At this stage, dimensional analysis will be present (again under construction).","contributors":[{"id":3693,"contribution":"Author","primary":true,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Genick","middle_name":null,"last_name":"Bar-Meir","location":null,"background_text":"Genick Bar-Meir holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Minnesota and a Master in Fluid Mechanics from Tel Aviv University. Dr. Bar-Meir was the last student of the late Dr. R.G.E. Eckert. Much of his time has been spend doing research in the field of heat and mass transfer (related to renewal energy issues) and this includes fluid mechanics related to manufacturing processes and design. Currently, he spends time writing books (there are already three very popular books) and software for the POTTO project (see Potto Prologue). The author enjoys encouraging his students to understand the material beyond the basic requirements of exams. In his early part of his professional life, Bar-Meir was mainly interested in elegant models whether they have or not a practical applicability. Now, this author’s views had changed and the virtue of the practical part of any model becomes the essential part of his ideas, books and software. He developed models for Mass Transfer in high concentration that became a building block for many other models. These models are based on analytical solution to a family of equations. As the change in the view occurred, Bar-Meir developed models that explained several manufacturing processes such the rapid evacuation of gas from containers, the critical piston velocity in a partially filled chamber (related to hydraulic jump), application of supply and demand to rapid change power system and etc. All the models have practical applicability. These models have been extended by several research groups (needless to say with large research grants). For example, the Spanish Comision Interministerial provides grants TAP97-0489 and PB98-0007, and the CICYT and the European Commission provides 1FD97-2333 grants for minor aspects of that models. Moreover, the author’s models were used in numerical works, in GM, British industry, Spain, and Canada."}],"subjects":[{"id":53,"name":"Civil Engineering","parent_subject_id":13,"call_number":"TA1-2040","visible_textbooks_count":13,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/civil"},{"id":13,"name":"Engineering \u0026 Technology","parent_subject_id":null,"call_number":"TA145","visible_textbooks_count":119,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/engineering"},{"id":56,"name":"Mechanical Engineering","parent_subject_id":13,"call_number":"TJ1-1570","visible_textbooks_count":20,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/mechanical"}],"publishers":[{"id":51,"url":"https://www.potto.org/about.php","year":2021,"created_at":"2018-09-07T12:22:36.000-05:00","updated_at":"2022-01-20T19:09:29.000-06:00","name":"Potto Project"}],"formats":[{"id":878,"type":"PDF","url":"https://zenodo.org/record/7990868#.ZH1R7V7MJhH","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null}],"rating":"3","textbook_reviews_count":9,"reviews":[{"id":217,"first_name":"Jiarong","last_name":"Hong","position":"Assistant Professor","institution_name":"University of Minnesota","comprehensiveness_rating":2,"comprehensiveness_review":"This book is intended to serve as an undergraduate textbook. Although it captures some core materials of fluid mechanics such as integral and differential analysis, it misses many important introductory concepts and materials that are suitable for undergraduate level and that are often emphasized in many other standard textbooks. The important materials that are missing include thorough discussions on Lagrangian and Eulerian perspectives, Bernoulli equation, pipe flows, detailed discussion on boundary layer, Drag and Lift, and the concept of laminar and turbulent flows, etc.  Specifically, there are only 2-3 paragraphs that introduce Lagrangian and Eulerian perspective very briefly. There is no discussion on laminar to turbulence transition, the classical flows over a flat plate and fully-developed pipe flows including famous Moody chart. There is very little discussion on Bernoulli equation, which is probably the most memorable element in the fluid mechanics for the undergraduates. These missing materials are extremely important because: (1) they reflect the unique nature of fluids; (2) they can be easily appreciated by undergraduates; (3) they are widely used in many engineering applications. Instead of focusing on these basic elements, the book introduces many materials that are rarely-seen from standard textbooks (e.g. Pushka equations and Nusselt’s methods) and that are mathematically complex, which cannot be easily absorbed by undergraduates.  The solutions for many example problems are incomplete, many of which the author did not put numerical values and just left the equations with \"=\". This book does not have any exercise problems for the students. However, it is meritorious that the book contains a chapter that reviews the classical mechanics and an appendix that summarizes the mathematics for fluid mechanics, which are very useful review materials for undergraduates to get ready for fluid mechanics.","accuracy_rating":2,"accuracy_review":"Considering the fact that this book contains so many grammar errors and inconsistencies, I am skeptical on the accuracy of some of materials that presented in this book. One example is on the discussion of surface tension. The book criticizes the explanation of surface tension from many other textbooks.  First of all, the book failed to provide a clear microscopic explanation of surface tension by itself. Second, I feel this book might misunderstand the usage of “imbalance” from some of standard textbooks (I did not check every single one of them). The second example is that this book has a long discussion on Nusselt’s technique in the chapter of dimensional analysis. The material is not included in any textbooks of fluid mechanics that I have seen before. I also did some search on google scholar, and I didn’t find much information related to the derivation and applications of this technique. So I don’t know whether this material has been well-accepted and justified by the fluid community. ","relevance_rating":2,"relevance_review":"This book does not contain any most recent development in the field of fluid mechanics. Many subject index and author index provided at the end of book need to be updated. I don't know what mechanism that author used to update this book. In my opinion, there are plenty of improvements needed. The author does not seem to have an efficient way to manage the updates. I noticed some inconsistencies resulting from the different updates. ","clarity_rating":2,"clarity_review":"The clarity of the text is significantly hampered by the grammar errors, poorly-written sentences and inconsistencies, which is largely caused by the fact that English is only the third language of this author. The clarity of this book is also affected by the organization of materials, e.g. many technical terms are used before they are officially introduced (or some of them are not even introduced in this book). ","consistency_rating":2,"consistency_review":"My comment is based on the pdf version in July, 2013. There are some inconsistencies in the usage of terminology and framework. internally. Some portions do not seem to be completed. Some subjects laid out in Fig1.1 are not presented in this book. ","modularity_rating":3,"modularity_review":"The modularity of this book seems to be fine. There are clear divisions of sections and subsections. ","organization_rating":2,"organization_review":"The general organization of the materials seems to be fine.  However, when it comes to down more detailed knowledge, the book is not well organized.  For example, the Bulk Modulus is presented even before the concept of Bulk Modulus is introduced. Some advanced subjects are introduced way before the readers have adequate exposure on the basics of fluid mechanics.  Different types of instability are mentioned in different places. The discussions on surface tension appear in different sections. In addition, there is a lack of overview or summary sentences that highlights the key messages from each and multiple subsections. In many chapters, the transition from section to section is abrupt.\r\n","interface_rating":1,"interface_review":"The quality of many figures do not fit textbook standards. It is impossible to see the labels in some of the figures because of the low quality of images or the tiny font sizes (e.g. Figure 1.6, 1.7 and many others). Some of the figures are poorly-made and quite confusing. There are also some inconsistencies in the layout of the different sections. ","grammatical_rating":1,"grammatical_review":"This book is full of conspicuous grammar errors including wrong spelling (\"et al\" was written as \"at el\", “pul” of “pull”, etc.), the misuse of tenses and active/passive voices, erroneous forms of verbs and improper prepositions, etc. I can easily find a sentence with 2-3 spelling errors. A portion of sentences are not well written and do not a good readability.  This is understandable since the English is only the third language of the author. However, it is evident that little time and attention have been paid to proofread this book, and to polish each sentence and the organization of sentences. For this book to become a textbook for English-speaking readers, significant improvement is needed on the writing.  ","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"I did not find anything that was culturally insensitive or offensive in any way.","overall_rating":4,"overall_review":null,"created_at":"2015-06-10T19:00:00.000-05:00","updated_at":"2015-06-10T19:00:00.000-05:00"},{"id":1133,"first_name":"Kenneth","last_name":"Miller","position":"Professor","institution_name":"St. Cloud State University","comprehensiveness_rating":2,"comprehensiveness_review":"I am looking at this as a first textbook in fluid mechanics for undergraduate engineering students. While it covers most of the normal topics, there are a few significant omissions. In particular, boundary layers, laminar / turbulent / transitional flow, open flow (flat plate), pipe flow, lift, and drag. These are very important topics omissions for an undergraduate course, yet it does go into compressible flow and multiphase flow which are not usually covered in the first semester of fluid mechanics.","accuracy_rating":2,"accuracy_review":"There are a lot of inconsistencies in notation which make this hard to really judge. There were also a lot of typos.","relevance_rating":2,"relevance_review":"There were not many current or recent developments included. This made it particularly hard to engage the students. Recent issues such as micro-scale flow were missing and the examples were pretty much the same situations as I saw in my first fluid mechanics book.","clarity_rating":1,"clarity_review":"This is probably the weakest aspect of the book. I had several students that had already taken their undergraduate fluids course read through it and all of them felt lost trying to follow it. The most common comment was that it looked like a huge list of equations with a little bit of explanation between them. Even the introduction, usually a pretty quick read, became very intimidating after the first three sections. It was almost impossible for them to follow.\nStudents usually struggle with the Reynolds Transport Theorem and differential analysis in my classes, and they commented that this book made them even more confusing.","consistency_rating":2,"consistency_review":"There is little consistency in how things are presented. Reading through some chapters, it almost felt like there were missing sections.","modularity_rating":4,"modularity_review":"This book does a pretty good job of keeping sections down to a reasonable length. The breakdown and length of chapters is reasonable.","organization_rating":3,"organization_review":"At the chapter level, it was good. Within the chapters, there were a lot of problems. Topics often seemed out of place, or referenced in examples before they are explained or introduced. The chapter on fluid statics was particularly troublesome from this aspect.","interface_rating":3,"interface_review":"Most of the figures were readable, but the overall quality seemed to diminish as the book went forward. They were also very inconsistent as if each were done by a different person with a different style. This made the book feel even more confusing to my students.","grammatical_rating":2,"grammatical_review":"A lot of grammar and spelling problems. Very inconsistent with tenses and active / passive voice.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"I saw nothing of significance here.","overall_rating":5,"overall_review":"After reading through the book, I also read the review from Jiarong Hong and my observations and comments fall pretty closely in line with his. The book does not list any updates since his review.","created_at":"2017-04-11T19:00:00.000-05:00","updated_at":"2017-04-11T19:00:00.000-05:00"},{"id":1337,"first_name":"Celso","last_name":"Ferreira","position":"Assistant Professor","institution_name":"George Mason University","comprehensiveness_rating":4,"comprehensiveness_review":"The text provides a great initial open source documentation for fluid mechanics. I would like to take advantage of this book for my hydraulics and water resources engineering classes. For my classes, the control volume and dimensional analyses are great. The index is easy to follow and directs the reader to the desired chapters.","accuracy_rating":4,"accuracy_review":"I could not find any errors so far. I believe that once more professors/students start using the book we can provide a more comprehensive review on any typos or errors.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"Yes, the content is up to date and the advantage is that fluid dynamics will be part of our engineering education for a long time.","clarity_rating":3,"clarity_review":"yes, the text flows well. However, a little more spacing would benefit the transition from text to equations and figures. It feels a little cramped as is. Maybe just adding a couple of blank lines would already help.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"yes, the text is consistent","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"indeed, I think this is a strength of the book. See my comments on item 1. I actually intend to use parts of the book for my class on a related subject. Additional modules can be added over time.","organization_rating":4,"organization_review":"yes, the book is well organized and logical. Additional examples and figures would help to engage the students more, Especially in the introductory paragraphs.","interface_rating":3,"interface_review":"the interface is rather on the simple side. Which might be good to avoid distraction, however, additional figures and examples could engage the students a little more.","grammatical_rating":4,"grammatical_review":"I did not find any errors, however I did not perform an extensive grammar review","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"perfect","overall_rating":8,"overall_review":"Great addition to the open text book library. I will certainly use portion of it for my upcoming classes. I look forward to additions on hydraulics to the contents. Hopefully exercises would also be added in the future.","created_at":"2017-06-20T19:00:00.000-05:00","updated_at":"2017-06-20T19:00:00.000-05:00"},{"id":1398,"first_name":"Edgar","last_name":"Caraballo","position":"Assistant Professor","institution_name":"Miami University","comprehensiveness_rating":3,"comprehensiveness_review":"The material cover in the book is a mixture of a basic fluid course, with a good review of thermodynamics and  mechanics, with some higher level topics in fluids such as compressible flow and potential flow chapters. However, it ignores complete internal and external flow, which are important applications for most engineers covering fluids.","accuracy_rating":4,"accuracy_review":"The material presented seemed accurate, although there are some mistakes in some equations, specially  in chapters 9 and 10.","relevance_rating":4,"relevance_review":"The content on the book seems up to date, and will be applicable for a few years to come.","clarity_rating":3,"clarity_review":"Although most of the text was well written, there are a few parts where it was unclear what the author was trying to explain. It could be just typo, but at time it looked like the explanation didn't make sense.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The is consistency throughout the book","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"The text is well organized an could be used in a modular fashion.","organization_rating":4,"organization_review":"The book is well organized, and presented in a clean fashion. I'm not sure that the review of thermodynamics and mechanics are required or in the appropriate place, but they are independent and clearly marked.","interface_rating":2,"interface_review":"The online resource look decent, but not very attractive to the sight.","grammatical_rating":3,"grammatical_review":"There are some errors in the book, with missing word or unclear definitions or explanations. Having said that, the review by several people should help in the correction of the mistakes.","cultural_rating":3,"cultural_review":"N/A","overall_rating":7,"overall_review":"Most of the material is presented in a clear manner, the book itself cannot be described as a basic course in fluids, as is missing some topics and expands too much in some advance ones. Another potential issue is the lack of practice problems in every chapter. It would have been good for the book to the some resources in this area. I could see myself using some of the content as support material, but I would not use this book as my primary source.","created_at":"2017-06-20T19:00:00.000-05:00","updated_at":"2017-06-20T19:00:00.000-05:00"},{"id":1668,"first_name":"Liyong","last_name":"Sun","position":"Assistant Professor","institution_name":"Penn State Erie","comprehensiveness_rating":3,"comprehensiveness_review":"This book covers fluid mechanics with a review of thermodynamics and mechanics. Bernoulli's equation is derived without any examples to apply it. Also head loss, internal flow and external flow are not covered in this book. Surprisingly, the most important dimensionless number, Reynolds number finally showed up in Chapter 9. The concept of laminar and turbulent flows are not discussed.","accuracy_rating":2,"accuracy_review":"The large amount of typos make it difficult to judge. Equation 2.38 only works for constant specific heat, which is not mentioned by the author.","relevance_rating":2,"relevance_review":"The book is not equipped with recent developments in this field. Undergraduate will have difficulty to go through this book.","clarity_rating":2,"clarity_review":"Too many equations that are not clearly explained. Lots of grammar issues.","consistency_rating":3,"consistency_review":"The unit of energy should be kJ instead of kj, which is used in this book.  ","modularity_rating":4,"modularity_review":"The organization of the book is fine. ","organization_rating":3,"organization_review":"The organization of the book is OK. More examples of introductory will help students to better understand the material. ","interface_rating":2,"interface_review":"Lots of figures has small font size which make it difficult to read. Some equations do not have equation number assigned.","grammatical_rating":2,"grammatical_review":"The unit in some tables are inconsistent. There are some grammar issues, for example, \"un symmetrical\" should be  \"unsymmetrical\".\n\n\n\n ","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"Nothing of significance.","overall_rating":6,"overall_review":null,"created_at":"2018-02-01T18:00:00.000-06:00","updated_at":"2018-02-01T18:00:00.000-06:00"},{"id":1926,"first_name":"Essam","last_name":"Ibrahim","position":"Associate Professor","institution_name":"The University of Texas of the Permian Basin","comprehensiveness_rating":4,"comprehensiveness_review":"This book covers most of the basic material of an introductory course in fluid mechanics. However, some important topics such as vapor pressure, laminar and turbulent flow, and Buckingham Pi Theorem are not covered. Also, the book doesn't provide an index or glossary.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"The book content appear to be accurate, error-free, and unbiased.","relevance_rating":4,"relevance_review":"As in most fluid mechanics books, the material in this book is essential to any basic fluid mechanics course. Thus the book content is not expected to become obsolete anytime soon. However, the book could be enhanced by adding some examples of contemporary applications of fluid mechanics.","clarity_rating":3,"clarity_review":"The clarity of the book material is enhanced by the many colored graphics included in the book. However, some of the book material require a level of mathematics that may not be entirely mastered by sophomore or junior undergraduate engineering students.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The material in the book is presented in a consistent manner using internationally recognized units and terminology.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":" The book sections are concise and self contained. Advanced material is clearly identified.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The book is divided into chapters that are logically organized to gradually introduce the material required to understand subsequent chapters.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"The book doesn't suffer from any interface issues.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"The text is written in proper English with no grammatical errors.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"There are no cultural issues in the book.","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"The book doesn't provide end-of-chapter or homework problems for students to practice solving problems on their own.","created_at":"2018-03-27T19:00:00.000-05:00","updated_at":"2018-03-27T19:00:00.000-05:00"},{"id":2141,"first_name":"Mike","last_name":"Foster","position":"Professor","institution_name":"George Fox University","comprehensiveness_rating":3,"comprehensiveness_review":"There only seemed to be an online version to review.\n\nIf I compare this book against introductory undergraduate Fluid Mechanics texts such as Munson et al., Cengel and Cimbala, and Crowe et al., it is not comprehensive. I agree with a previous reviewer that the first few chapters are similar in their coverage, but key topics are missing. Boundary layers, laminar / turbulent / transitional flow, internal and pipe flow, external flow and flow over a flat plate, lift and drag, and open channel flow are not discussed. (In the Front Matter’s “To Do” section, the author indicates that some of these sections will be developed in the future.) In its overall tone and approach, I would say it is similar to the more technical, equation-based approach of Munson et al.\n\nHowever, in the About the Book section, the author does indicate that the purpose behind this book was to prep students for his Compressible Flow book. “The topic of fluid mechanics was chosen just to fill the introduction chapter to compressible flow.” In this regard, the contents seem to fill the role for which it was designed.","accuracy_rating":3,"accuracy_review":"There were several typos throughout the text. Most the equations seemed correct. A LaTeX interpreter was used on all the pages, and some of the code wasn’t interpreted or a symbol/variable was missing.","relevance_rating":2,"relevance_review":"As mentioned in the Comprehensiveness section, the first few topics of typical introductory textbooks very briefly introduced and then derivations commence. The relevance/case studies that typical texts provide are not present. The author does move into gas dynamics and multiphase flow (which has a much more thorough introduction than most of the chapters.","clarity_rating":2,"clarity_review":"I echo a previous reviewer that undergraduate students learning Fluid Mechanics for the first time would most likely be intimidated by the presentation of this book. The lack of analogies to common experiences or case studies of recent or historical events does not seem to engage the reader.","consistency_rating":3,"consistency_review":"The RTT sections (Mass, Momentum, and Energy) seemed to be a great opportunity for the author to provide the reader with a consistent approach to the respective derivations. Unfortunately, this was not the case. Other sections seem relatively consistent in their approach.","modularity_rating":4,"modularity_review":"The length of sections are typical for a textbook of this type. However, because of some of the derivations, most of the section could not be reorganized without confusing the reader.","organization_rating":4,"organization_review":"The chapters were in an appropriate order as well as the sections. As for being clear, see my comments above on Clarity and Accuracy.","interface_rating":3,"interface_review":"There were several figures where the font size for the axes titles was very small to the point of being unreadable. Plots were inconsistent in their formatting throughout. Parts of equations and citation were not interpreted correctly. The lack of white space also made the material feel overwhelming.","grammatical_rating":2,"grammatical_review":"There were a multitude of grammar and spelling errors.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"Since the presentation was heavily equation/derivation based and analogies to common experiences or case studies of recent or historical events were not included, the presentation is relatively neutral toward cultural relevance.","overall_rating":6,"overall_review":"In the \"About the Book\" section, the author makes some bold statements:  \"In writing the chapter on fluid statics, there was a realization that it is the best chapter written on this topic.\" \"With all the above, it must be emphasized that this book is not expected to revolutionize the field but change some of the way things are taught.\"\n\nI appreciate the author's confidence and there might be some truth of the second statement in his overall approach of reaching back to thermodynamics and then continuing beyond to multiphase flows. Unfortunately, the bridge between these areas is weak, though,  with time and continued revisions, the author may develop the text to a point for larger consumption.","created_at":"2018-06-19T19:00:00.000-05:00","updated_at":"2018-06-19T19:00:00.000-05:00"},{"id":2386,"first_name":"Lin","last_name":"Liu","position":"Assistant Professor","institution_name":"University of Kansas","comprehensiveness_rating":3,"comprehensiveness_review":"This book covers many basic and important concepts of fluid mechanics, such as fluid statics, potential flow, compressible flows in one-dimensional and two-dimensional, and multi-phase flow. They are adequate for an entry-level course. The title of the book “Basics of Fluid Mechanics” seems inaccurate since many other concepts are not introduced (e.g., internal flow, external flow, laminar and turbulent flow, lift and drag, etc). The coming edits may cover above important and basic concepts, however, the update on the book stopped in 2013. ","accuracy_rating":4,"accuracy_review":"Besides a few of missing symbols and inconsistencies in nomenclature, the book seems accurate. ","relevance_rating":3,"relevance_review":"The book is quite relevant to the field of fluid mechanics. Unfortunately, the book is a little bit outdated, which doesn’t contain recent development of fluid mechanics.  Some important, basic concepts of fluid mechanics, such as micro/nano flows should be introduced to students. ","clarity_rating":3,"clarity_review":"The book is somehow confusing, especially in equations. All terminologies should be properly introduced. Some most important dimensionless number, such as Reynolds number, should be introduced earlier in the book.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The book is pretty consistent except for some minor errors or typos.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"The book is well organized.","organization_rating":4,"organization_review":"Overall, the structure and flow seems fine. The author may want to keep working on the chapter of fluid statics. ","interface_rating":2,"interface_review":"The interface needs to be improved to engage students more. Some of the figures are too small to read, such as Fig. 1.10.","grammatical_rating":4,"grammatical_review":"It seems fine, some minor errors or typos don’t cause significant confusion.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"N/A","overall_rating":8,"overall_review":"I teach mechanics regularly, but I don’t have extensive research in fluid mechanics. I think the author did a great job to provide students with quick review of thermodynamics, mechanics, and appendix of mathematics for fluid mechanics.  It could be more helpful to add more examples and end-of-section problems. ","created_at":"2018-11-15T11:28:34.000-06:00","updated_at":"2018-11-15T11:28:34.000-06:00"},{"id":34913,"first_name":"Nadim","last_name":"Zgheib","position":"Assistant Professor","institution_name":"University of Texas Rio Grande Valley","comprehensiveness_rating":4,"comprehensiveness_review":"The book covers practically all fluid mechanics topics of interest for an undergraduate course. These include fluid statics (buoyancy, stability, surface tension), integral analysis including conservation of mass, momentum, and energy (including Bernoulli's equation), differential analysis with Navier-Stokes equations, internal (viscous pipe flow), and external flows, as well as similarity analysis. The book also covers compressible flow, and other topics that are usually covered as technical electives or in a graduate level fluids course. A main issue however is the lack of sufficient problems to solve. There are only a few problems for each chapter.","accuracy_rating":4,"accuracy_review":"The text is generally accurate similar to classical fluid mechanics books usually taught at the undergraduate level. However, it appears to have more typos than your average intro to fluids books.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"This is a classical fluid mechanics book. The content has been around for decades and centuries, and as such the issue of material becoming obsolete does not apply for this introductory fluid mechanics book.","clarity_rating":4,"clarity_review":"I find the book can be hard to read for a typical undergraduate fluid mechanics student. The topics are very appropriate for an undergraduate course, but the delivery is more appropriate for a graduate level student as it is math heavy.","consistency_rating":4,"consistency_review":"I could not identify any major issues with consistency. However symbols referring to the same variable can take on different forms, which is not ideal. For example g in mathscript and non-mathscript forms.","modularity_rating":4,"modularity_review":"I found the delivery to be appropriately similar to other classical fluids courses at the undergraduate level.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The book starts with an introductory chapter to fluid mechanics, then jumps to fluid statics, integral analysis, differential analysis, dimensional analysis, ... I find this organization to be suitable. At any rate, instructors do not necessarily follow the same layout as the book.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"I did not identify and major issues.","grammatical_rating":4,"grammatical_review":"There are more grammatical errors than other books I have used.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"This book is not culturally insensitive.","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"The book can be made more readable to undergrads and it should include more problems at the end of each chapter.","created_at":"2024-03-03T11:55:31.000-06:00","updated_at":"2024-03-03T11:55:31.000-06:00"}],"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/basics-of-fluid-mechanics","updated_at":"2025-12-15T02:12:15.000-06:00"},{"id":612,"title":"Building Maintenance \u0026 Construction: Tools and Maintenance Tasks","edition_statement":null,"volume":null,"copyright_year":2018,"isbn10":null,"isbn13":null,"license":"Attribution","language":"eng","accessibility_statement":null,"accessibility_features":["unknown"],"description":"Building Maintenance \u0026 Construction: Tools and Maintenance Tasks introduces and develops knowledge of basic building maintenance tools and materials, applied skills and techniques, industry health and safety standards, and preventive maintenance and troubleshooting practices required by employers for entry-level positions in the building trades and facilities maintenance fields.","contributors":[{"id":4680,"contribution":"Author","primary":true,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Clifford","middle_name":null,"last_name":"Rutherford","location":null,"background_text":"Clifford “Cliff” Rutherford has 35+ years of journey-level residential and commercial construction, mechanical trades and facilities engineering experience. Prior to 2006, Cliff’s mechanical and construction experience was gained working in Texas as a machinist, HVACR installation and repair technician, hydraulic/pneumatic equipment mechanic/operator/trainer, apartment and resort facilities head engineer, and private builder/contractor specializing in design-build projects for commercial applications. Moving to Hawai`i in 2006, Cliff worked for a Maui home builder and mechanical contractor specializing in residential construction, commercial plumbing and mechanical trades. Cliff has earned and maintains several industry credentials. These include but are not limited to: Career and Technical Education (CTE) teaching certificates; National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) Residential Construction certification for instructors, Certified Green Professional (CGP), and Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist (CAPS) designations; International Facility Management Association’s (IFMAs) Sustainable Facility Professional (SFP) designation; Northwest Energy Efficiency Council’s Building Operator Certificate (BOC) 1 \u0026 2 Instructor certification; National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Solar Thermal Water Train-the-Trainer and ESCO EPA-608 Instructor/Proctor."}],"subjects":[{"id":53,"name":"Civil Engineering","parent_subject_id":13,"call_number":"TA1-2040","visible_textbooks_count":13,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/civil"},{"id":13,"name":"Engineering \u0026 Technology","parent_subject_id":null,"call_number":"TA145","visible_textbooks_count":119,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/engineering"}],"publishers":[{"id":590,"url":"http://pressbooks.oer.hawaii.edu/","year":null,"created_at":"2018-09-16T13:42:13.000-05:00","updated_at":"2020-01-06T17:37:41.000-06:00","name":"University of Hawaii Manoa"}],"formats":[{"id":1039,"type":"Online","url":"http://pressbooks.oer.hawaii.edu/buildingmaint/","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null},{"id":1040,"type":"PDF","url":"http://pressbooks.oer.hawaii.edu/buildingmaint/","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null},{"id":1041,"type":"eBook","url":"http://pressbooks.oer.hawaii.edu/buildingmaint/","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null},{"id":2234,"type":"XML","url":"http://pressbooks.oer.hawaii.edu/buildingmaint/","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null}],"rating":"4.5","textbook_reviews_count":3,"reviews":[{"id":4932,"first_name":"Duygu","last_name":"Kalan","position":"Teaching Assistant","institution_name":"Colorado State University","comprehensiveness_rating":5,"comprehensiveness_review":"The book provides a comprehensive introduction to the construction tools and maintenance tasks. The interactive links given as part of the books make it easy to use while presenting many pictures and videos. Although the book is designed for entry-level positions, it could be helpful for undergraduate construction management students. The safety issues while handling tools are intensely discussed in the book, which makes it an excellent introductory text for first-year students.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"The content of the book is accurate and unbiased.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"The content is up-to-date; however, some of the referred codes should be updated. The text provides information on the necessary updates, and it is easy to implement.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"The book is free from jargon and easy to understand.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"Each section of the book is consistent. Description for technical terminology is provided within the text.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"The sections are easy to break up into small sections, and the book is entirely modular.","organization_rating":3,"organization_review":"The organization of the book could be improved by providing Math Concepts at the beginning of the book.  Some pages are left blank, and it makes it hard to follow the content. Overall, the biggest issue related to this book that I notice is that the organization.","interface_rating":4,"interface_review":"The book is primarily free of interface problems. However, some of the links should be updated. For some links, permission is not provided to access the content (e.g., 403 Forbidden Error).","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"The book is free from grammatical errors.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"The book is not culturally offensive in any way.","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":null,"created_at":"2021-05-17T14:45:03.000-05:00","updated_at":"2021-05-17T14:45:03.000-05:00"},{"id":33841,"first_name":"James","last_name":"Byrnes","position":"Associate Professor","institution_name":"Johnson County Community College","comprehensiveness_rating":4,"comprehensiveness_review":"It is a good book, that often goes beyond the basic, but does not cover advanced competencies.  More industrial and commercial applications would improve the text.","accuracy_rating":4,"accuracy_review":"The accuracy is adequate, but more elaboration would be appreciated.  More information on cable identification would be nice.","relevance_rating":4,"relevance_review":"Text discussing building codes is easily outdated.  The author did a good job of covering the fundamentals that do not change from one code cycle to the next.  The electrical theory and math sections were great examples.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"Very well organized and written with awesome pictures, videos, interactive activities and quizzes to keep students engaged.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"Text is consistent.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"Book is divided well into coherent chapters and sections.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The text is very clear about the subjects covered.  The text is easy to follow.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"All navigation, charts, quizzes and links to videos/content worked without flaw.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"Well written and edited.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"Typically not applicable in trades publications.  This book is no different.","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"Overall this is an awesome book for what it does.  The embedded resources are top notch and very helpful.  The book goes beyond entry level trades education while offering a broad construction education.  I wish the author had gone more in depth in the electrical sections, but that could be the subject of another book.","created_at":"2022-05-09T19:20:46.000-05:00","updated_at":"2022-05-09T19:20:46.000-05:00"},{"id":35454,"first_name":"Mark","last_name":"Woehl","position":"Construction Faculty","institution_name":"Mesa Community College","comprehensiveness_rating":5,"comprehensiveness_review":"This book is impressively thorough in scope. It covers not only the safe and effective use of tools but also essential concepts in plumbing, electricity, math, preventive maintenance, and work order management — all of which are crucial to becoming a capable and well-rounded maintenance technician.\nFrom a carpenter’s perspective, the coverage of hand and power tools, layout equipment, and safety standards is strong. While it doesn’t go deep into carpentry specialties like framing or millwork, it nails the essentials of building upkeep and repair, which is what it aims to do.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"The content is technically accurate and responsible. It correctly includes legal and professional cautions, such as licensing requirements for specific trade work, and does not oversell what learners can or should do without supervision.\nIt handles mathematics, tool use, and systems maintenance with an appropriate balance of explanation and application, making it very suitable for instructional use. The book’s information reflects real-world practice in both residential and commercial settings.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"This book is relevant to anyone training for entry-level roles in facilities maintenance, building trades, or general construction support. It teaches practical skills — not just theory — and includes the kinds of tasks and tools workers are expected to handle on job sites or in housing units.\nEven its sections on procurement, safety paperwork, and parts requisition reflect day-to-day tasks in real work environments. This makes it a valuable resource in vocational programs or hands-on tech classes.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"The writing is clear, direct, and instructional. Concepts are explained in plain language without being oversimplified. Technical terms are introduced logically and often defined within the section.\nFor students who are hands-on learners or new to academic texts, this book provides clear explanations without condescension — something I value highly as an instructor.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The formatting and structure are very consistent throughout. Each section follows a familiar rhythm: define the tool or concept, explain safe use or proper method, and include context or examples.\nThere’s no jumping between styles or confusing formatting changes, making it much easier for students to follow, especially in group instruction.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"This book is modular in design, meaning it’s easy to pick and choose chapters based on your curriculum or program needs.\nIf I’m teaching just the tools and safety units, I can stick to Parts 1 and 2. If another instructor covers electrical or plumbing, they can teach from Parts 4 or 5 independently. Each part stands well on its own and includes the background needed without requiring the entire book to be read front to back.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The book is well-organized with a logical progression — from safety, to tools, to math, to systems.\nEach chapter includes subtopics that are numbered and titled clearly, which makes it easy to reference during class or in assignments.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"There are some user interface issues — the layout is straightforward, no hidden material or broken formatting. Images (where used) are helpful and not overloaded with detail. On the interactive platform, the videos that do work are well-aligned with the narrative and reinforce the hands-on nature of the tasks, making the material come alive for learners.\nHowever, some videos were no longer available at the time of review, which slightly affects the book's full interactive potential. Updating or maintaining those links would enhance the experience.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"There are no grammatical issues that interfere with understanding. The tone is professional, instructive, and consistent throughout. It’s written in a way that supports both classroom use and self-study.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"This book is not only non-offensive — it’s respectful, practical, and professional.\nIt avoids slang, stereotypes, or regional bias. It speaks directly to learners with clear expectations, and it encourages safe, lawful, and skillful practice in the trades. In short, it’s welcoming, not intimidating, and it treats students like future professionals.","overall_rating":10,"overall_review":"As a carpentry instructor, I would confidently use this book in my shop class or building maintenance course. It’s a reliable foundation for any student entering the trades, especially those who benefit from clear instruction, hands-on visuals, and well-sequenced content.\n\nWhat’s more, it integrates easily into the Level 1 Construction Technology class I teach to high school freshmen. The modular design, straightforward language, and real-world context make it accessible for beginners while still reinforcing the discipline and safety mindset needed in the trades. It gives young learners both the confidence and structure to build fundamental skills.","created_at":"2025-04-25T18:34:01.000-05:00","updated_at":"2025-04-25T18:34:01.000-05:00"}],"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/building-maintenance-construction-tools-and-maintenance-tasks","updated_at":"2025-12-15T02:13:01.000-06:00"},{"id":528,"title":"Fundamentals of Infrastructure Management","edition_statement":null,"volume":null,"copyright_year":2017,"isbn10":null,"isbn13":null,"license":"Attribution-ShareAlike","language":"eng","accessibility_statement":null,"accessibility_features":["unknown"],"description":"The authors believe this free of charge book, Fundamentals of Infrastructure Management, will expand the impact of the material and help improve the practice of infrastructure management. By ‘free of charge,' we mean that the material can be freely obtained, but readers should devote time and effort to mastering the material. We have provided problem assignments for various chapters, and we strongly urge readers to undertake the problems as a learning experience. This book grew out of a decade of co-teaching a course entitled ‘Infrastructure Management' at Carnegie Mellon University. Our teaching philosophy was to prepare students for work in the field of infrastructure management. We believe that infrastructure management is a professional endeavor and an attractive professional career. The book is co-authored by two accomplished engineers - each representing professional practice, academic research and theoretical evaluation. Their collective strengths are presented throughout the text and serve to support both the practice of infrastructure management and a role for infrastructure management inquiry and search. Importantly, both co-authors have academic research interests (and a number of research publications) on various topics of infrastructure management. That said, the primary audience for this book is expected to be professionals intending to practice infrastructure management, and only secondarily individuals who intend to pursue a career of research in the area. The text draws examples and discusses a wide variety of infrastructure systems, including roadways, telecommunications, power generation, buildings and systems of infrastructure. We have found that some common fundamentals of asset management, analysis tools and informed decision-making are useful for a variety of such systems. Certainly, many infrastructure managers encounter a variety of infrastructure types during their professional careers. Moreover, due to the functional inter-dependencies of different infrastructure systems, it is certainly advantageous for managers of one infrastructure type to understand other types of infrastructure. For example, roadway managers rely upon the power grid for traffic signal operation.","contributors":[{"id":4424,"contribution":"Author","primary":true,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Donald","middle_name":null,"last_name":"Coffelt","location":"Carnegie Mellon University","background_text":"Donald Coffelt serves as the Associate Vice President for Facilities Management and Campus Services at Carnegie Mellon University. His 350-member team provides facility services, infrastructure management, utility operations and auxiliary services required to support the university’s 150-acre Pittsburgh campus. Reporting to the Vice President for Operations, Coffelt is also responsible for coordinating university-wide sustainability practices. Coffelt holds a concurrent appointment as an Adjunct Professor in Carnegie Mellon’s top ranked Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering with an expertise in Infrastructure Management. He passionately promotes student and faculty access to university facilities for education and research – “The University as a Lab\". From 1995 to 2003, Coffelt was an executive for a Pittsburgh area facility services and technology firm with nation-wide program management responsibilities. From 1985 through 2013, he served in a variety of leadership assignments across the United States as an officer in the U.S. Coast Guard before completing a 28-year career at the rank of Captain in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve. In addition to his doctorate from Carnegie Mellon University, Coffelt is a graduate of the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT and the University of Illinois. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and licensed as a professional engineer in Alaska, and Pennsylvania. His published works include a graduate-level textbook, Fundamentals of Infrastructure Management. Active in community service, Dr. Coffelt also serves several boards including the Andrew Carnegie Society."},{"id":4425,"contribution":"Author","primary":false,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Chris","middle_name":null,"last_name":"Hendrickson","location":"Carnegie Mellon University","background_text":"Chris Hendrickson is the Hamerschlag University Professor Emeritus, Director of the Traffic 21 Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, member of the National Academy of Engineering and Editor-in-Chief of the ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering. His research, teaching and consulting are in the general area of engineering planning and management, including design for the environment, system performance, construction project management, finance and computer applications. Hendrickson pioneered models of dynamic traffic equilibrium, including time-of-day departure demand models. He was an early contributor to the development of probabilistic network analysis for lifeline planning after seismic events. His work in construction project management emphasized the importance of the owner's viewpoint throughout the project lifecycle. With others at Carnegie Mellon's Engineering Design Research Center, he developed a pioneering, experimental building design system in the early 1990s that spanned initial concept through construction scheduling and animation Since 1994, he has concentrated on green design, exploring the environmental life cycle consequences of alternative product and process designs. He has contributed software tools and methods for sustainable construction, pollution prevention and environmental management, including life cycle analysis software and a widely cited analysis of the life cycle consequences of lead acid battery powered vehicles."}],"subjects":[{"id":2,"name":"Business","parent_subject_id":null,"call_number":"HF5001","visible_textbooks_count":144,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/business"},{"id":53,"name":"Civil Engineering","parent_subject_id":13,"call_number":"TA1-2040","visible_textbooks_count":13,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/civil"},{"id":13,"name":"Engineering \u0026 Technology","parent_subject_id":null,"call_number":"TA145","visible_textbooks_count":119,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/engineering"},{"id":21,"name":"Management","parent_subject_id":2,"call_number":"HD30.4","visible_textbooks_count":60,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/management"}],"publishers":[{"id":468,"url":"https://figshare.com/articles/Fundamentals_of_Infrastructure_Management/5334379/1","year":2019,"created_at":"2018-09-07T12:22:40.000-05:00","updated_at":"2020-12-27T17:15:40.000-06:00","name":"Donald Coffelt and Chris Hendrickson"}],"formats":[{"id":787,"type":"PDF","url":"https://kilthub.cmu.edu/articles/book/Fundamentals_of_Infrastructure_Management/5334379/2","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null}],"rating":"4.5","textbook_reviews_count":2,"reviews":[{"id":3457,"first_name":"Atefe","last_name":"Makhmalbaf","position":"Assistant Professor","institution_name":"University of Texas at Arlington","comprehensiveness_rating":5,"comprehensiveness_review":"This book does a great job covering different practical and theoretical topics including asset management, analytical tools and informed decision-making methods. Topics and strategies covered are applicable to different infrastructure systems such as buildings and facilities, transportation, water system, and the power grid system. This is very important and useful because infrastructure systems are interconnected and managers should have good understanding of how they are related and know about different types of systems.\r\nEverything is written in an easy to understand language and each chapter includes exercises, which are very useful especially for a textbook. They are very well thought out and help both instructors and students better understand the material covered and test their knowledge. Furthermore, issues related to management of each infrastructure system are included towards the end of each chapter, which is helpful to both practitioners and researchers. \r\nEach system included is very complex and evolving (e.g., the power system) and its management strategies are also complicated and extensive. As a result topics (e.g., demand response) are left out and the book tries to cover a comprehensive list of topics rather than diving into detailed management of each system because each could be a book by itself. \r\n","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"The content of each chapter is accurate and I did not find any inaccuracy in the text, images, or equations to the best of my knowledge.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"All topics and material included are very relevant to Infrastructure Management. Current concerns of our time such as performance, efficiency, sustainability, and resiliency are considered. Strategies and methods to manage each infrastructure system is discussed in relevance to these objectives. These emerging strategies ensure up-to-date management of infrastructure system, which is evolving. ","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"The authors make each of the topics very clear and accessible, even for students.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The text is consistent throughout in terms of terminology and framework.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"This book is modular and very easy to separate into sections and instructors or students could focus on topics relevant to their area. Almost every part of the book could be read separately, Hence the modularity is excellent. This also supports openstax cnx.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"This book is very well organized and has a clear logical flow. After introductine Infrastructure Management, it covers general infrastructure management methods and strategies in the first 10 chapters and then it goes over each specific infrastructure system.  ","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"The interface is very easy to navigate. Each chapter and section is clickable and text is searchable.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"No grammatical errors found.","cultural_rating":4,"cultural_review":"This book covers some data about other countries but it could probably have more of a global perspective and it would be helpful to supplement with information about how this topic is applicable to other countries. ","overall_rating":10,"overall_review":"This book is a great resource. It is a very well written and organized book. It is a great resource for both instructors and students who are interested in Infrastructure Management. Infrastructure Management is an important topic that should be considered in more schools. Today, designing sustainable and resilient infrastructure is not sufficient if the system is not operated and managed with the same decision objectives and criteria as it was designed. Instructors should take advantage of this freely available book, educate students about Infrastructure Management and use it as textbook for their courses.  ","created_at":"2020-01-03T13:14:15.000-06:00","updated_at":"2020-02-04T14:46:48.000-06:00"},{"id":4951,"first_name":"Peter","last_name":"Kazarinoff","position":"Professor","institution_name":"Portland Community College","comprehensiveness_rating":5,"comprehensiveness_review":"Infrastructure is a pretty wide-ranging topic. The book does not go into great detail on any one component or part of infrastructure. It does give a general overview of the topic of infrastructure management and basic types of infrastructure. I expect 10 different reviewers would notice 10 different things that are missing. Because there are a lot of different parts of infrastructure and the authors can’t possibly include everything.\r\nFor this reviewer, the book does not really address railways or airports in the category of transportation infrastructure. In addition, the book does not really address public transport infrastructure such as buses, light rail, and subways. The content on telecommunications infrastructure does not include satellite infrastructure for GPS. The main focus of the book seems to be building infrastructure and building management systems as compared to a focus on transportation systems or information systems.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"To the best of my knowledge, the content in the book is accurate. Images, tables, and diagrams were clearly cited and the source could be located for the few references I looked up (but I did not do an exhaustive reference search). Some of the charts are graphs in the book are about data that is getting kind of out of date. A lot of the data presented ends in 2014 or sometime in the first decade of 2000. This review was written in 2021.","relevance_rating":4,"relevance_review":"The basics and fundamentals of Infrastructure Management are the focus of the book. In terms of this focus, the book is relevant. Cost-benefit and construction-maintenance topics maintain relevancy regardless of the infrastructure type and current year. The book could be updated with more current data. Many of the case studies in the text analyze data from before 2015. The infrastructure types noted in the book: roads, buildings, water, telecommunications, electricity, and bases will be with us for a long time.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"The clarity of the writing is high, the font and spacing are easy to read. Infrastructure is a HUGE topic and the authors do a good job dividing it up into infrastructure categories and limiting the scope of their discussion within a category. The text is not overly wordy or academic given the book’s intended audience.","consistency_rating":4,"consistency_review":"The book is consistent from chapter to chapter and the formatting is consistent chapter to chapter. The quality and readability of the figures and diagrams do vary a bit. Some of the tables in Chapter 13 have pixelated text that looks different from the rest of the text in the book. Other diagrams and charts in the book are high resolution and easy to read.","modularity_rating":4,"modularity_review":"The book has two basic parts. The first 10 chapters are on infrastructure management and chapters 11 to 16 are each about a specific type of infrastructure, such as water, electricity, telecommunications, and roadways. Chapters 11 to 16 can be read on their own, and each chapter could be assigned to a course as a separate reading assignment, without students needing to read the whole book. There are sections at the end of Chapters 11 to 16 that contain how infrastructure management corresponds to that chapter’s topic. These end-of-chapter sections may be less useful for a class on infrastructure that isn’t focused on infrastructure management. Chapters 1 to 10 are more integrated. All 10 chapters can be read together, but reading just an individual chapter in the first half of the book wouldn’t make much sense.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"This book is organized and has a clear structure. After the Introduction, in the first ten chapters, the book covers the topic of infrastructure management: background, theory, and methods. Then the text continues with a description of each specific infrastructure system in the remaining chapters 11 to 16. References and Exercises are included at the end of each chapter. An index at the end of the book would be nice to have. The list of tables and list of figures could be moved from the Preface to an Appendix.","interface_rating":4,"interface_review":"The online book interface is easy to navigate. Each chapter and section is clickable and text is searchable. Using Adobe Acrobat Pro DC Version 2021, no Table of Contents showed up in the PDF. A Table of Contents in the PDF version of the book would make the book more navigation-friendly when read in PDF format.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"No grammatical or structural errors were found. The book is in its 3rd Edition and it seems to be free of typos.","cultural_rating":3,"cultural_review":"Although infrastructure is created to serve a public good, there is a long history in the United States to use roadbuilding as a way to divide communities of color. In addition, there is a digital divide in the United States between the wealthy and poor. Access to broadband internet in the United States is not evenly distributed. Neither of these cultural issues are really addressed in this book. The book covers some infrastructure topics in other countries, but a global perspective isn’t consistently used. This US focus seems reasonable, given the book’s topic and audience. Given that infrastructure varies widely in different parts of the world, the fact that almost all of the book is about US infrastructure could have been addressed more deliberately.","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"This is a very well-written, high-quality, and organized book. It is a great resource for both instructors and students in senior undergraduate or first-year graduate courses in Infrastructure Management. For our needs, at a community college with a 2-year program in Civil Engineering Technology, the target audience for the book doesn’t fit our infrastructure course. That’s not a knock against this book with a clear target audience. It’s a high-quality and interesting book- it’s just not the book that fits our needs.","created_at":"2021-05-20T16:52:25.000-05:00","updated_at":"2021-05-20T16:52:25.000-05:00"}],"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/fundamentals-of-infrastructure-management","updated_at":"2025-12-15T02:10:41.000-06:00"},{"id":973,"title":"Traffic Flow Theory: An introduction with exercises","edition_statement":null,"volume":null,"copyright_year":2018,"isbn10":null,"isbn13":null,"license":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike","language":"eng","accessibility_statement":null,"accessibility_features":["unknown"],"description":"Traffic processes cause several problems in the world. Traffic delay, pollution are some of it. They can be solved with the right road design or traffic management (control) measure. Before implementing these designs of measures, though, their effect could be tested. 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Instructors adopting this book may need to create some additional problems to use as worked examples or homework.","created_at":"2022-03-23T09:35:48.000-05:00","updated_at":"2022-03-23T09:35:48.000-05:00"},{"id":34660,"first_name":"Daniel","last_name":"Castaneda","position":"Assistant Professor","institution_name":"James Madison University","comprehensiveness_rating":4,"comprehensiveness_review":"Introductory content is included on loading and types of loads with reference to the ASCE/SEI 7-02 standard. Review of forces as vectors is provided, as is a review of the manifestation of internal forces in linear members (beams and columns). Unit vectors are not emphasized. Review of force equilibrium is provided, with some practical applications. Specific content in cables and arches is introduced. Specific content on truss structural analysis is introduced, specifically Method of Joints, Method of Sections, and identifying Zero Force Members. Content on lattice domes is provided. 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His research interests include traffic simulation, engineering education, community engagement, data mining applications, and observational data analysis, including in the areas of traffic safety and crashes, driver behavior, transportation resilience, and emergency evacuation."},{"id":7244,"contribution":"Author","primary":false,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Peyton","middle_name":null,"last_name":"Ratto","location":"California Polytechnic State University","background_text":"Ms. Peyton Ratto graduated from Cal Poly with a dual MS degree in City and Regional Planning and Civil Engineering with a specialization in Transportation."},{"id":7245,"contribution":"Author","primary":false,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Ahmed","middle_name":null,"last_name":"Farid","location":"California Polytechnic State University","background_text":"Dr. Ahmed Farid is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the department of Civil Engineering at Cal Poly. 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