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Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers ISE

4th Edition
1260590585 · 9781260590586
The 4th edition of Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers retains the qualities that have made earlier editions popular. It is readable, accessible, and filled with intriguing examples and problems that bring the material to life. Many of the example… Read More
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1 Introduction

Part I Preliminaries

2 Fluid Statics

3 The Balance Equation and the Mass Balance

4 The First Law of Thermodynamics

Part II Flows of Fluids that are One-Dimensional, or that can be Treated as if they were

5 Bernoulli's Equation

6 Fluid Friction in Steady One-Dimensional Flow

7 The Momentum Balance

8 One-Dimensional High-Velocity Gas Flow

Part III Some Other Topics that can be Viewed by the Methods of One-Dimensional Fluid Mechanics

9 Models, Dimensional Analysis, and Dimensionless Numbers

10 Pumps, Compressors, and Turbines

11 Flow Through Porous Media

12 Gas-Liquid Flow

13 Non-Newtonian Fluid Flow in Circular Pipes

14 Surface Forces

Part IV Two- and Three-Dimensional Fluid Mechanics

15 Multidimensional Fluid Mechanics

16 Potential Flow

17 The Boundary Layer

18 Turbulence

19 Mixing

20 Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

21 Microfluidics


Appendix A Tables and Charts of Fluid Properties, Pipe Dimensions and Flows, and High-Velocity Gas Flows

Appendix B Derivations and Proofs

Appendix C Answers to Selected Problems

The 4th edition of Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers retains the qualities that have made earlier editions popular. It is readable, accessible, and filled with intriguing examples and problems that bring the material to life. Many of the examples are based on household items that students can observe every day. Some of the new material that has been added includes wind turbines, hydraulic fracturing, and microfluidics.