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 | | Incompressible Flow by Ronald L. Panton ISBN-10: 0471593583 ISBN-10: 0-471-59358-3 ISBN-13: 9780471593584 ISBN-13: 978-0-471-59358-4 Hardcover 1996-01-10 Wiley-Interscience Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description This updated and revised edition of Dr. Ronald L. Panton's Incompressible Flow provides readers with an exceptionally clear, unified, and carefully paced introduction to advanced concepts in fluid mechanics. Dubbed by one reviewer as "the most teachable book on the market," it begins with basic principles and then patiently develops the math and physics leading to the major theories. Throughout, a unified presentation of physics, mathematics, and engineering applications is achieved, and the text is liberally supplemented with helpful exercises and example problems. Laying the foundation for a thorough understanding of incompressible flow, Dr. Panton devotes the first third of the book to a precise formulation of the physical concepts and mathematical equations governing compressible viscous flows of Newtonian fluids. This part of the book includes chapters on the thermodynamics of simple materials and the mathematics of vector and tensor analysis. The book's coverage of stream functions and the velocity potential features special approaches in which stream functions can be extended to other coordinate systems. Dr. Panton also emphasizes the physical interpretation of vorticity dynamics by deftly combining vorticity, associated controlling processes, and the laws that govern them. Subsequent, more detailed coverage of incompressible flow is organized into the various Reynolds number regimes. The discussion of moderate Reynolds number flows introduces a finite difference numerical technique and reviews classic results for flow over a cylinder, including results from large eddy simulations. High Reynolds number flows— that is, inviscid flows and boundary layers— are given a unified treatment over the course of several chapters so as to emphasize their interconnection. The chapter on low Reynolds number flows emphasizes the different singular natures of two- and three-dimensional external flows and reviews a number of recent results concerning internal flows. Dr. Panton concludes by introducing students to the nomenclature and contemporary concepts used in stability, transition, and turbulence— fields in which recent progress has occurred. Incompressible Flow, Second Edition is the ideal choice for graduate-level fluid mechanics courses offered in mechanical, aerospace, and chemical engineering programs. Incompressible flows are flows of gases or liquids for which changes in density are not relevant to the physics of their interactions with solid bodies. Occupying as it does a central position in the science of fluid dynamics, the study of incompressible flows is fundamental to a wide array of scientific and engineering disciplines, including hydraulics; hydrodynamics; aerodynamics; hydrology; mechanical, aerospace, and chemical engineering; and many others. This updated and revised edition of Ronald L. Panton's classic, Incompressible Flow, provides readers with:
Dubbed "the most teachable book on the market," Incompressible Flow, Second Edition is now, more than ever, an indispensable resource for both graduate students and practicing engineers in mechanical, aerospace, chemical, and civil engineering. | ||
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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. | ||
Physicist's Review Overall, not a bad text. Definitely written for engineers, though. Many of the equations are rewritten in different coordinate systems which I found unecessary. In addition, some results are just introduced as fact with much of the mathematical rigor used to derive them left out. The physical arguments and treatment of Exact Solutions to Navier-Stokes are excellent. | ||
Well explained, thorough reference The text makes a clear presentation of the material, both in terms of giving background on index notation, and on deriving the equations of fluid motion. Well written and very clear. One main complaint is the lack of examples that are worked out for the reader. Especially for subject matter that rewards familiarity and repetition, this would be a helpful inclusion | ||
Incomprehensible Flow This book presents a horrible introduction to graduate level fluid mechanics. Some faculties like to teach from this book because of a few well-written sections near the end of an otherwise disastrous attempt on the subject. Kundu or Currie present a much more comprehensive approach to introducing the wonderful subject of fluids and the different solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations. | ||