Process Fluid Mechanics, (Prentice-Hall International Series in the Physical and Chemical Engineering Sciences) [Paperback]

Morton M. Denn (Author)

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Publication Date: November 11, 1979 | ISBN-10: 0137231636 | ISBN-13: 978-0137231638

An applications-oriented introduction to process fluid mechanics. Provides an orderly treatment of the essentials of both the macro and micro problems of fluid mechanics.

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An applications-oriented introduction to process fluid mechanics. Provides an orderly treatment of the essentials of both the macro and micro problems of fluid mechanics.

Product Details

• Paperback: 383 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall (November 11, 1979)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0137231636
• ISBN-13: 978-0137231638
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #494,900 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Inaccessible, August 20, 2000

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hbcarter (Ann Arbor, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Process Fluid Mechanics, (Prentice-Hall International Series in the Physical and Chemical Engineering Sciences) (Paperback)

Denn's text is much shorter than most introductions to fluid mechanics, but he seems to have left out all of the material that would make the topic interesting and accessible to the novice. The topics are well-ordered and have a logical progression, but almost all of the explanatory matter is missing. It is extremely difficult to get a conceptual understanding of fluid dynamics by looking at page after page of variable manipulation. In addition, the index is so incomplete as to be useless; most of the terms one would look up are not listed, or point only to the page where it was cursorily defined.

That said, this book can be salvaged for a class by a professor who is skilled at conveying concepts (rather than just equations.) I also suspect this book would be useful as a reference for those who have already learned the fundamental material. However, I recommend that the novice look elsewhere for a satisfactory introduction to fluid mechanics.

4.0 out of 5 stars Pedagogically logical; ordered progression of concepts, June 17, 1999

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This review is from: Process Fluid Mechanics, (Prentice-Hall International Series in the Physical and Chemical Engineering Sciences) (Paperback)

Denn's book is an excellent introductory text for chemical engineering fluid mechanics. The book starts off with the basics of dim-analysis and proceeds into macro and then micro problems. This is a very logical ordering and allows the student to see the subject from a broader perspective instead of getting bogged down in the systematics of the problems themselves. A careful reading is definitely needed to get the most out of the book, though. And the section on turbulence is a bit unclear. Overall, though, a good book to keep for many years to come as a chem eng.

4.0 out of 5 stars Adequate coverage of chemical engineering fluid mechanics, May 24, 1998

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Chris Lee ([e-mail]) (Fremont, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Process Fluid Mechanics, (Prentice-Hall International Series in the Physical and Chemical Engineering Sciences) (Paperback)

"Process Fluid Mechanics" is a very satisfactory introductory text on chemical engineering fluid mechanics. Denn shows the basics of fluid mechanics in a concise, mathematical, and theoretical manner. A must-have for any beginning chemcical engineering fluid mechanics class.