Skip to content

    Read more about Intermediate Fluid Mechanics

    Intermediate Fluid Mechanics

    (2 reviews)

    James Liburdy, Oregon State University

    Copyright Year: 2021

    ISBN 13: 9781955101103

    Publisher: Oregon State University

    Language: English

    Formats Available

    Conditions of Use

    Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
    CC BY-NC-SA

    Reviews

    Learn more about reviews.

    Reviewed by Fatma Elseid, Lecturer of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Metropolitan State University of Denver on 2/23/23

    The text does not cover all areas and ides of the topics, instead ,for example, briefly covers some topics such as CFD read more

    Reviewed by Derrel Fincher, Assistant Instructional Professor, Pittsburg State University on 5/5/22

    The book is compreshensive for the areas it covers, but it only has a table of contents and lacks both an index and a glossary. As it has been several years since I worked with fluid dynamics and tensor calculus, I really noticed the absence. An... read more

    Table of Contents

    • I. Introduction
    • II. Mathematical Tools
    • III. Bernoulli Equation
    • IV. Potential Flow Basics
    • V. Potential Flows
    • VI. The Panel Method: An Introduction
    • VII. Introduction to Viscous Flows
    • VIII. Boundary Layer Flows
    • IX. Integral Boundary Layer Relationships
    • X. Introduction to Turbulence Effects

    Ancillary Material

    Submit ancillary resource

    About the Book

    This book is meant to be a second course in fluid mechanics that stresses applications dealing with external potential flows and intermediate viscous flows. Students are expected to have some background in some of the fundamental concepts of the definition of a fluid, hydrostatics, use of control volume conservation principles, initial exposure to the Navier-Stokes equations, and some elements of flow kinematics, such as streamlines and vorticity. It is not meant to be an in-depth study of potential flow or viscous flow, but is meant to expose students to additional analysis techniques for both of these categories of flows. We will see applications to aerodynamics, with analysis methods able to determine forces on arbitrary bodies. We will also examine some of the exact solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations based on classical fluid mechanics. Finally we will explore the complexities of turbulent flows and how for boundary layer flows one can predict drag forces. This compilation is drafted from notes used in the course Intermediate Fluid Mechanics, offered to seniors and first year graduate students who have a background in mechanical engineering or a closely related area.

    About the Contributors

    Author

    James Liburdy, Oregon State University

     

    Contribute to this Page

    Suggest an edit to this book record