Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics [Hardcover]

Ronald V. Giles (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies; 2nd edition (January 1, 1962)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070232342
• ISBN-13: 978-0070232341
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Recommended for Reference/Overview, June 22, 2000

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This review is from: Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Hardcover)

Like all of the Schaum guides for subjects in Mechanical Engineering, this outline provides a good overview of fluid mechanics, but it doesn't go into a great deal of depth. It's easy to find the equations if you want to use the book as a reference manual or a study guide, and the problems can serve as a good supplement to an undergraduate class in Fluids.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good source of solved problems in fluid mechanics, February 17, 2006

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This review is from: Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Schaum's) (Paperback)

I am not a mechanical engineer. Instead, I am an electrical engineer who took an undergraduate fluid mechanics class last fall to help with some graphical simulation work I was doing. However, I still had to pass the same examinations and do the same homework as the other students who did have a mechanical engineering background, and I found this outline immensely helpful. This book is an excellent source of problem-solving techniques and exercises for anyone who is taking an undergraduate course in fluid mechanics, which is the branch of science concerned with how fluids behave at rest or in motion. This outline assumes that you are already familiar with statics and with calculus, and it makes heavy use of both subjects. There is not a lot of verbal explanation in this outline. Explanation is done mainly through the introduction of some formulas, and then some completely worked out examples using those formulas. It is not at all dry in its presentation, however, and makes heavy and appropriate use of instructive figures and diagrams. Fluid mechanics is about solving problems, and the most difficult part is analyzing the system and reducing it to a series of equations. Once this has been achieved there are a number of standard methods that can be used to solve them. This book gives a good amount of practice at allowing the student to figure out how to approach larger problems in chapters 8 through 10 - "Flow in Closed Conduits", "Complex Pipeline Systems", and "Flow in Open Channels", and also in the final chapter of the outline "Fluid Machinery". This book is a great companion to Munson's "Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics", which is the best textbook on the subject that I have encountered.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great material, August 28, 2009

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This review is from: Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Schaum's) (Paperback)

Material in this book covered every imaginable aspect of fluid mechanics. You have to have some basic knowledge in FM before going through this book. Great for engineers taking the Civil Professional (PE) exam, great for engineering students and even designers.