Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers [Hardcover]

Noel de Nevers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1991 | ISBN-10: 0070163758 | ISBN-13: 978-0070163751 | Edition: 2

Aimed at the standard junior level introductory course on fluid mechanics taken by all chemical engineers, the book takes a broad-scale approach to chemical engineering applications including examples in safety, materials and bioengineering. A new chapter has been added on mixing, as well as flow in open channels and unsteady flow.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 612 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math; 2 edition (January 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070163758
• ISBN-13: 978-0070163751
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,495,763 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not good...., June 14, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers (Chemical Engineering Series) (Hardcover)

This book is bad.

In equation developments, it uses cartesian coordinates in a funky way. It changes them! This might not be a problem, but this book uses coordinate systems that don't follow the right-hand rule. For me this was very disturbing, because throughout my education the right-hand rule for coordinate systems was God's word.

Another thing is the example problems. When the book shows you the solution, it jumps right into numbers, without even showing you the symbolic development, or what numbers represent what variables. It expects you to infer this from the units!

N.B. I've only read the first 50 pages or so of this book, and my frustration led me to write this review. My opinions aren't supported with a complete sense of the book. Then again, the fact that even the elementary, development part of the book frustrates me could show just how bad this book will become in the latter parts.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good book for fluid mechanics, February 24, 2008

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silverram (Gainesville, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers (Chemical Engineering Series) (Hardcover)

I bought the 1st ed. (1970) which suprisingly seems identical in much of the content to the 3rd (2004) as a suppliment to a truely horrible book. This book seems to elaborate on many topics, qualitative and quantitative, that either aren't covered or only "covered" in other books. Not sure why its "for Chemical Engineers" as much of the material seems to be general fluid mechanics applicable to many other fields.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Profs' view, May 29, 2011

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Carl D. Murphy "Dr. Dave" (Sandia, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers (Chemical Engineering Series) (Hardcover)

This has been my text for several courses for a mixed chemical and mechanical engineering class. Occasionally a civil will also take the class.

The text is, IMHO, very good. The topics are covered well enough for the students to grasp the concepts. The range of concepts offered is more than I can cover in a semester and allows me to pick which ones I like. I usually include compressible flow and flow through porous media from the ones I think are optional. I did potential flow one year, and it worked, but it isn't as important as the other topics for my grads.

I have had several comments from grads out in the field that they refer to this book and it is a useful tool.

Of course I can quibble about how some topics are presented. I can quibble about the order of some topics. I can quibble about ....

But overall, it is a good tool for both the classroom and the working engineer's office.