Incompressible Flow

By Ronald L. Panton

Book Overview

Incompressible Flow , Third Edition is the updated and revised edition of Ronald Panton's classic text on fluid mechanics. Beginning with basic principles, this Third Edition patiently develops the math and physics leading to major theories. The book provides a unified presentation of physics, mathematics, and engineering applications, along with a liberal supplement of helpful exercises and example problems. New features include chapters on the modern measurements of the pipe flow friction factor, expanded details on the mathematics of E2E2Y operator, the Jeffrey-Hamel solution and its limits with Reynolds number, and more. Complete with new problems, solvable with such PC-based calculation software as MathCAD and MATLAB, Incompressible Flow, Third Edition is a valuable resource for professionals in the mechanical, aerospace, civil, and chemical engineering fields.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 047126122X
• ISBN13: 9780471261223
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: WILEY
• Length: 840 Pages
• Weight: 3.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 0.1"

Customer Reviews

one of my favourite fluid mechanics book

This book is an excellent text book on an advanced topic. But it does have some issues like any text book I saw. 1) quite a lot of editting errors; 2) Lack of detailed examples; 3) Some derivations are not complete; 4) Index notation not explained very well. However, it is still the best in its class IMO. Some other good books are by Currie and White. Currie's book is probably the easiest to understand. But neither covers as many important topics as this one. These three books together plus the one by Aris are a good combo to study this topic.

very good service but ...

The book store service is quick and good, but there are still errors in the book even through this is the third edition.

Excellent Supplement

We used this text in my first graduate course in fluid dynamics. The text was an excellent supplement to the lecture series it accompanied. The derivations were clear, useful, and covered a large range of material. It should serve as an excellent reference for future coursework as well.

Very comprehensive textbook. A good book for reference too.

One of the bests books for graduates who are studying or researching fluid dynamics. Except for its price, it can't be better.