Engineering Fluid Mechanics

By Ja Robertson and John A. Roberson

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471173061
• ISBN13: 9780471173069
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 2.56 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great book for a Fluid Mechanics introductory engineering class!

I am writing this as an engineering student at Brown University, RI, USA. I think it is helpful -and less biased- when students write reviews of the books they are using. This is a well-written book that covers all the appropriate material to be taught in an introductory Fluid Mechanics course in an engineering curriculum. In my opinion, the format of every chapter is clear and gradually guides the reader to grasp the essence of the concepts included. It includes plenty of figures to illustrate several phenomena or to help derive equations. Some figures are confusing though and need to include more discussion. The Appendices of the book are clearly labeled and easy to use; this is true for figures, graphs and tables. I believe that this is very important since I used books in the past which included very unorganized tables and I couldn't figure out what I was looking for! There are many problems at the end of every chapter ranging from basic to more complex ones. Problems are grouped according the way the chapter is divided into concepts. Perhaps the book lacks general conceptual problems and/or real-life application problems, but our Professor provided this material. Overall, I would recommend this textbook to other students who are interested to get a smooth and paced introduction to Fluid Mechanics and to teachers who want to supplement their lecture with a reliable study-guide.

Undergrad Masterpiece

This text is a great introduction to Fluid Mechanics. The derivations are very easy to follow, and the problems apply to many real life situations. For graduate students, it may be a little to light weight, but for undergrads it provides a broad base of information.

good textbook

Good textbook, good examples, and easy to read. Anyone with a solid physics & calculus background will be comfortable with this book.

easy to understand

very good for people who start to learn fluid. many physical interpretation and suitable problems at the end of each chapters. however, this book is not appropriate for advanced students/professionals.