Incompressible Flow

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Highly useful and accessible coverage of fluid mechanicsIncompressible Flow, Third Edition is the updated and revised edition of Ronald Panton's classic text. It continues a respected tradition of providing an exceptionally clear, unified, and carefully paced introduction to advanced concepts in fluid mechanics. Beginning with basic principles, this Third Edition patiently develops the math and physics leading to major theories. Throughout, 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 of Incompressible Flow, Third Edition include: Expanded, separate chapters on the lubrication approximation and Stokes flows New chapters on surface tension-driven flows and micro/nano flows Two examples of boundary layers beginning at infinity: plane flow on a wall that is under a plane aperture, and plane flow on the wall under a sluice gate Greater emphasis on the strain vector and how it's used to interpret vorticity stretching and turning A derivation of the mechanical energy equation for a region with arbitrary motion, illustrating how moving boundary work and flow work are convenient concepts but not basic physical ideas 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 numberComplete with new problems, solvable with such PC-based calculation software as MathCAD and MATLABr, Incompressible Flow, Third Edition is a valuable resource for professionals in the mechanical, aerospace, civil, and chemical engineering fields.