Engineering: Mechanics of fluids

In the rapidly advancing modern world, scientific and technological understanding and innovation are reaching new heights.

An ideal textbook for civil and environmental, mechanical, and chemical engineers taking the required Introduction to Fluid Mechanics course, Fluid Mechanics for Civil and Environmental Engineers offers clear guidance and builds a firm real-world foundation using practical examples and problem sets.

Photonic Laser Propulsion offers a thrilling glimpse into the future of rapid mass space transportation by surveying one of the most significant breakthrough technologies to overcome the limitations of current propulsion systems based on conventional rocketry.

This book is the first to present flow measurement as an independent branch of the measurement techniques, according to a new global and unitary approach for the measurement of fluid flow field, starting from finding its unitary fundamental bases.

This book is the first to present flow measurement as an independent branch of the measurement techniques, according to a new global and unitary approach for the measurement of fluid flow field, starting from finding its unitary fundamental bases.

This practical book provides instruction on how to conduct several "e;hands-on"e; experiments for laboratory demonstration in the teaching of heat transfer and fluid dynamics.

This practical book provides instruction on how to conduct several "e;hands-on"e; experiments for laboratory demonstration in the teaching of heat transfer and fluid dynamics.

Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, Fourth Edition is a fully updated version of the classic text on finite-difference and finite-volume computational methods.

Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, Fourth Edition is a fully updated version of the classic text on finite-difference and finite-volume computational methods.

A selection of survey articles and original research papers in mathematical fluid mechanics, for both researchers and graduate students.

The first book to present a full-color visual panorama of combustion images along with explanatory and tutorial overviews.

This reference includes an applications focus on jet and rocket propulsion systems that will be useful for students and engineers.

This reference includes an applications focus on jet and rocket propulsion systems that will be useful for students and engineers.

This book provides a broad coverage of computational fluid dynamics that will interest engineers, astrophysicists, mathematicians, oceanographers and ecologists.

This book provides a broad coverage of computational fluid dynamics that will interest engineers, astrophysicists, mathematicians, oceanographers and ecologists.

This book examines how large-scale processes drive centimetre-scale mixing throughout the stratified ocean.

Comprehensive, mathematically advanced treatment of the continuum mechanics of the Earth''s mantle and the geodynamic models used to investigate it.

This book examines how large-scale processes drive centimetre-scale mixing throughout the stratified ocean.

A graduate-level text on the fundamentals of flow and heat transfer, with end-of-chapter problems, recent research trends and applications.

This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the nucleation, motion, and interaction between crystalline defects called dislocations.

A graduate-level text on the fundamentals of flow and heat transfer, with end-of-chapter problems, recent research trends and applications.

This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the nucleation, motion, and interaction between crystalline defects called dislocations.

This physics-first, design-oriented textbook explains concepts of gas turbine secondary flows, reduced-order modeling methods, and 3-D CFD.

This physics-first, design-oriented textbook explains concepts of gas turbine secondary flows, reduced-order modeling methods, and 3-D CFD.

Based on the author''s lectures at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, this concise textbook presents an exhaustive treatment of structural dynamics and mechanical vibration.

Based on the author''s lectures at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, this concise textbook presents an exhaustive treatment of structural dynamics and mechanical vibration.

The book offers detailed treatment on fundamental concepts of fracture mechanics.

This book provides a concise summary of the essential thermo-hydraulic analyses and design principles of nuclear reactors for electricity generation.

Similarity Solutions for the Boundary Layer Flow and Heat Transfer of Viscous Fluids, Nanofluids, Porous Media, and Micropolar Fluids presents new similarity solutions for fluid mechanics problems, including heat transfer of viscous fluids, boundary layer flow, flow in porous media, and nanofluids due to continuous moving surfaces.

This book provides a concise summary of the essential thermo-hydraulic analyses and design principles of nuclear reactors for electricity generation.

This book offers a comprehensive discussion of the fundamental theories and principles of engineering mechanics.

This book offers detailed treatment of the fundamental concepts of tribology and its related applications.

This textbook combines rigorous mathematical analysis with combustion science to address standard problems in reactive fluid mechanics.

This textbook combines rigorous mathematical analysis with combustion science to address standard problems in reactive fluid mechanics.

This book outlines the computational fluid dynamics evolution and gives an overview of the methods available to the engineer.

This book outlines the computational fluid dynamics evolution and gives an overview of the methods available to the engineer.

This book is a valuable resource for researchers, professionals and graduate students interested in solar power system design.

This is a theoretical and practical guide for fatigue design of marine structures including sailing ships and offshore oil structures.

This is a theoretical and practical guide for fatigue design of marine structures including sailing ships and offshore oil structures.

This book is a valuable resource for researchers, professionals and graduate students interested in solar power system design.

Presents the fundamentals of gas dynamics for graduate students and researchers in the subject.

Presents the fundamentals of gas dynamics for graduate students and researchers in the subject.

Presents the fundamentals of chemical engineering fluid mechanics with an emphasis on valid and practical approximations in modeling.

Presents the fundamentals of chemical engineering fluid mechanics with an emphasis on valid and practical approximations in modeling.

This book gives advanced undergraduate and graduate students a clear understanding of the development of continuum mechanics, with special emphasis on thermodymamics.

Reviews our current understanding of the subject.

Reviews our current understanding of the subject.

This book gives advanced undergraduate and graduate students a clear understanding of the development of continuum mechanics, with special emphasis on thermodymamics.

This book describes the approach to engineering solutions through simplified modeling of important physical features and approximating their behavior.