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Title: Fluid Mechanics with Student Resources CD-ROM by Frank M. White ISBN: 0-07-283180-4 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Pub. Date: 03 December, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $136.35 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (12 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Not a good book for first course in fluid mechanics
Comment: I was a part time instructor over the summer at a certain university in Midwest and found this book extremely difficult to teach from. Though the equations are correct and elegant but author makes huge leaps from the mathematical vector equations in theory to simplified equations in an inconsistent manner. This makes instructors' life hard as he has to fill in missing steps for many solved problems in the book. After reviewing all the undergrad textbooks on fluid mechanics, I would recommend people to use Introduction to Fluid Mechanics by Fox and McDonald. This book can be easily read and followed by the student while leaving instructor(like myself) for more time to elaborate on theory in detail.
Rating: 2
Summary: AVOID THIS BOOK IF AT ALL POSSIBLE!!!!
Comment: Please do yourself a favor and avoid this book. This is the fourth edition and perhaps the worst introduction to fluid mechanics book ever printed. I am a PhD student and have had many courses in fluids. This book is riddled with errors and mistakes. The theory is correct but the derivations of certain equations and the solutions to many, many, many problems are wrong! I cannot believe these errors have survived to the 4th edition. Another reason to avoid this book is because the solutions provided with instructors make great leaps in solving problems. Many of the solutions state "this problem requires a laborious derivation and is much too hard to solve" or something to that effect! I also assist in teaching many intro fluids classes and this makes life miserable. Please use the 5th edition (or any other fluids book for that matter.)
Rating: 5
Summary: Solid Introduction
Comment: I learned fluid mechanics from this book in college, tutored undergraduates with the help of this book in grad school, and used it as a reference for my advanced fluids class. In all cases, it was clearer and more understandable than other references I was recommended. I'm not saying this book is perfect - the description of the Navier Stokes equations, a fundamental concept in fluid mechanics, skips too many mathematical steps, as White is prone to do - but overall, if you are strong enough in math, this is a very good reference/first time book for fluid mehanics. White also has a good more advanced text on viscous fluid flow. If you are learning fluid mechanics for the first time, I would also recommend a Schaum's outline to supplement your textbook.
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Title: Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach w/ version 1.2 CD ROM by Yunus A. Cengel ISBN: 0072549041 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Pub. Date: 27 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $137.40 |
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Title: Mechanics of Materials with Tutorial CD by Ferdinand Pierre Beer, E. Russell, Jr Johnston, John T. Dewolf ISBN: 0072486732 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Pub. Date: 09 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $146.30 |
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Title: Soil Mechanics and Foundations by Muni Budhu ISBN: 047125231X Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 29 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $118.95 |
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Title: Experimental Methods for Engineers (McGraw-Hill Series in Mechanical Engineering) by Jack P. Holman ISBN: 0073660558 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Pub. Date: 25 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $142.00 |
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Title: Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 5th Edition by Frank P. Incropera, David P. DeWitt ISBN: 0471386502 Publisher: Wiley Text Books Pub. Date: 09 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $133.95 |
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