the Nest of Students

William S. Janna ... 738 pages - Publisher: CRC Press; 4th edition (November 3, 2009)
Language: English - ISBN-10: 1420085247 - ISBN-13: 978-1420085242

T. J. Chung ... 1058 pages - Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 2nd edition (June 23, 2014)
Language: English - ISBN-10: 1107425255 - ISBN-13: 978-1107425255

The second edition of Computational Fluid Dynamics represents a significant improvement from the first edition. However, the original idea of including all computational fluid dynamics methods (FDM, FEM, FVM); all mesh generation schemes; and physical applications to turbulence, combustion, acoustics, radiative heat transfer, multiphase flow, electromagnetic flow, and general relativity is still maintained. This unique approach sets this book apart from its competitors and allows the instructor to adopt this book as a text and choose only those subject areas of his or her interest. The second edition includes a new section on preconditioning for EBE-GMRES and a complete revision of the section on flowfield-dependent variation methods, which demonstrates more detailed computational processes and includes additional example problems. For those instructors desiring a textbook that contains homework assignments, a variety of problems for FDM, FEM, and FVM are included in an appendix. To facilitate students and practitioners intending to develop a large-scale computer code, an example of FORTRAN code capable of solving compressible, incompressible, viscous, inviscid, 1D, 2D, and 3D for all speed regimes using the flowfield-dependent variation method is made available.

Charles Hirsch ... 680 pages - Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 2nd edition (August, 2007) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: 0750665947 - ISBN-13: 978-0750665940 ...

The second edition of Numerical Computation of Internal and External Flows is a self-contained introduction to computational fluid dynamics (CFD). It covers the fundamentals of the subject required in an introductory course for senior undergraduate or graduate level students. It is also ideal for readers who need a comprehensive reference to CFD theory and practice, or as the basis for more advanced study and simulation development.

Key Features: New approach takes readers seamlessly from first principles to more advanced and applied topics + Presents the essential components of a simulation system at a level suitable for those coming into contact with CFD for the first time, and is ideal for those who need a comprehensive refresher on the fundamentals of CFD + Enhanced pedagogy features chapter objectives, hands-on practice examples and end of chapter exercises + Extended coverage of finite difference, finite volume and finite element methods + New chapters include an introduction to grid properties and the use of grids in practice + Includes material on 2-D inviscid, potential and Euler flows, 2-D viscous flows, Navier-Stokes flows to enable the reader to develop basic CFD simulations.

Tuncer Cebeci ... 

M. Hanif Chaudhry ... 523 pages - Publisher: Springer; 2nd edition (December, 2007) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: 0387301747 - ISBN-13: 978-0387301747 ... 

Open Channel Flow, 2nd edition is written for senior-level undergraduate and graduate courses on steady and unsteady open-channel flow. The book is comprised of two parts: Part I covers steady flow and Part II describes unsteady flow. The second edition features considerable emphasis on the presentation of modern methods for computer analyses; full coverage of unsteady flow; inclusion of typical computer programs; new problem sets and a complete solution manual for instructors.

Buddhi N. Hewakandamby...
145 pages - Publisher: Bookboon; (2012)
Language: English - ISBN-13: 978-87-403-0069-7

A good knowledge of Fluid mechanics is essential for Chemical, Mechanical and Civil engineers. As a result it is taught at a very early stage in degree courses on those disciplines.

A First Course in Fluid Mechanics covers the basics of the engineering fluid mechanics without delving into deeper more mathematical concepts.

Building from most basic concepts such as physical properties of fluids, it covers the topics in fluid statics and dynamics. Hydrostatic pressure, buoyancy and forces on immersed bodies are discussed under fluid statics.

Under fluid dynamics, Bernoulli’s principle is introduced. Furthermore, the nature of fluid flows is discussed in engineering context. Laminar and turbulent flows in pipes are explained in detail.

Finally hydraulic design is discussed paying attention to pump capacity calculations. This textbook is levelled at first year undergraduate students.

Michel Rieutord ... 508 pages - Publisher: Springer; (December 27, 2014)
Language: English - ISBN-10: 3319093509 - ISBN-13: 978-3319093505

This book is dedicated to readers who want to learn fluid dynamics from the beginning. It assumes a basic level of mathematics knowledge that would correspond to that of most second-year undergraduate physics students and examines fluid dynamics from a physicist’s perspective. As such, the examples used primarily come from our environment on Earth and, where possible, from astrophysics. The text is arranged in a progressive and educational format, aimed at leading readers from the simplest basics to more complex matters like turbulence and magnetohydrodynamics. Exercises at the end of each chapter help readers to test their understanding of the subject (solutions are provided at the end of the book), and a special chapter is devoted to introducing selected aspects of mathematics that beginners may not be familiar with, so as to make the book self-contained.

Donald W. Knight, Caroline McGahey, Rob Lamb, Paul Samuels ...
470 pages - Publisher: CRC Press; (October 1, 2009)
Language: English - ISBN-10: 0415549744 - ISBN-13: 978-0415549745

A technical reference guide and instruction text for the estimation of flood and drainage water levels in rivers, waterways and drainage channels. It is written as a user’s manual for the openly available innovative Conveyance and Afflux Estimation System (CES-AES) software, with which water levels, flows and velocities in channels can be calculated. The impact of factors influencing these levels and the sensitivity of channels to extreme levels can also be assessed. Approaches and solutions are focused on addressing environmental, flood risk and land drainage objectives. Practical Channel Hydraulics is the first reference guide that focuses in detail on estimating roughness, conveyance and afflux in fluvial hydraulics. With its universal approach and the application of metric units, both book and software serve an international audience of consultants and engineers dealing with river modelling, flood risk assessment, maintenance of watercourses and the design of drainage systems. Suited as course material for training graduate Master’s students in civil and environmental engineering or geomorphology who focus on river and flood engineering, as well as for professional training in flood risk management issues, open channel flow hydraulics and modelling.

The CES-AES software development followed recommendations by practitioners and academics in the UK Network on Conveyance in River Flood Plain Systems, following the Autumn 2000 floods, that operating authorities should make better use of recent improved knowledge on conveyance and related flood (or drainage) level estimation. This led to a Targeted Programme of Research aimed at improving conveyance estimation and subsequent integration with other research on afflux at bridges and culverts at high flows. The CES-AES software tool aims to improve and assist with the estimation of: Hydraulic roughness + water levels (and corresponding channel and structure conveyance) + flow (given slope); section-average and spatial velocities + backwater profiles upstream of a known flow-head control e.g. weir (steady) + afflux upstream of bridges and culverts + uncertainty in water level.

Barbara Hauser ... 
368 pages - Publisher: CRC Press; 2nd edition (November 16, 1995)
Language: English - ISBN-10: 1566700388 - ISBN-13: 978-1566700382

The Second Edition of the Practical Hydraulics Handbook is a must for all those who work with water utility systems. Presented in workbook format and emphasizing practical applications, this Handbook is perfect for hydraulic engineers, technicians, operating personnel, supervisors, managers, consultants, and students.

The exceptionally well-organized chapters include information on pressurized systems and open channel flow, principles of energy and force, flow calculations and measurement, pumps, and pumping applications.

This latest edition of the Practical Hydraulics Handbook includes new exercises at the end of each chapter and detailed solutions to selected exercises. The well-chosen exercises allow readers to practice applications of the theory and to test their knowledge of the material. The solutions provide guidance and problem-solving techniques that can be used both in the field and in the lab. Reference tables are also provided for calculations of friction loss, velocity, pipe fullness, well drawdown, English/metric conversions, power, and metered flow. These tables make calculations easier and minimize the chance for error.

In this new edition of Practical Hydraulics Handbook, all of the major principles and calculations dealing with the hydraulics of water systems are covered, and new and expanded material has been added.

A. Osman Akan ... 
384 pages - Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 1st edition (March, 2006) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: 0750668571 - ISBN-13: 978-0750668576 ...

Open Channel Hydraulics is written for undergraduate and graduate civil engineering students, and practicing engineers. Written in clear and simple language, it introduces and explains all the main topics required for courses on open channel flows, using numerous worked examples to illustrate the key points.

With coverage of both introduction to flows, practical guidance to the design of open channels, and more advanced topics such as bridge hydraulics and the problem of scour, Professor Akan's book offers an unparalleled user-friendly study of this important subject: Clear and simple style suited for undergraduates and graduates alike. + Many solved problems and worked examples. + Practical and accessible guide to key aspects of open channel flow.

M. Brocchini, F. Trivellato ...
304 pages
Publisher: WIT Press; (May 15, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1845640527
ISBN-13: 978-1845640521

This book contains a collection of 11 research and review papers devoted to the topic of fluid-structure interaction. The subject matter is divided into chapters covering a wide spectrum of recognized areas of research, such as: wall bounded turbulence; quasi 2-D turbulence; canopy turbulence; large eddy simulation; lake hydrodynamics; hydraulic hysteresis; liquid impacts; flow induced vibrations; sloshing flows; transient pipe flow and air entrainment in dropshaft. The purpose of each chapter is to summarize the main results obtained by the individual research unit through a year-long activity on a specific issue of the above list. The main feature of the book is to bring state of the art research on fluid structure interaction to the attention of the broad international community. This book is primarily aimed at fluid mechanics scientists, but it will also be of value to postgraduate students and practitioners in the field of fluid structure interaction.

Nazih K. Shammas, Lawrence K. Wang ... 
832 pages - Publisher: Wiley; 1st edition (May, 2015) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: 0470390980 - ISBN-13: 978-0470390986 ...

Details the design and process of water supply systems, tracing the progression from source to sink * Organized and logical flow, tracing the connections in the water-supply system from the water's source to its eventual use * Emphasized coverage of water supply infrastructure and the design of water treatment processes * Inclusion of fundamentals and practical examples so as to connect theory with the realities of design * Provision of useful reference for practicing engineers who require a more in-depth coverage, higher level students studying drinking water systems as well as students in preparation for the FE/PE examinations * Inclusion of examples and homework questions in both SI and US units

Serge A. Shapiro ... 289 pages - Publisher: Cambridge Univ. Press; 1st edition (June, 2015) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: 0521884578 - ISBN-13: 978-0521884570 ...

The characterisation of fluid transport properties of rocks is one of the most important, yet difficult, challenges of reservoir geophysics, but is essential for optimal development of hydrocarbon and geothermal reservoirs. This book provides a quantitative introduction to the underlying physics, application, interpretation, and hazard aspects of fluid-induced seismicity with a particular focus on its spatio-temporal dynamics. It presents many real data examples of microseismic monitoring of hydraulic fracturing at hydrocarbon fields and of stimulations of enhanced geothermal systems. The author also covers introductory aspects of linear elasticity and poroelasticity theory, as well as elements of seismic rock physics and mechanics of earthquakes, enabling readers to develop a comprehensive understanding of the field. Fluid-Induced Seismicity is a valuable reference for researchers and graduate students working in the fields of geophysics, geology, geomechanics and petrophysics, and a practical guide for petroleum geoscientists and engineers working in the energy industry.

Sergey P. Kiselev, Evgenii Vorozhtsov, Vasily M. Fomin ... 575 pages - Publisher: Birkhäuser; (December, 1999) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0817639950 - ISBN-13: 978-0817639952 ...

Fluid mechanics (FM) is a branch of science dealing with the investi­ gation of flows of continua under the action of external forces. The fundamentals of FM were laid in the works of the famous scientists, such as L. Euler, M. V. Lomonosov, D. Bernoulli, J. L. Lagrange, A. Cauchy, L. Navier, S. D. Poisson, and other classics of science. Fluid mechanics underwent a rapid development during the past two centuries, and it now includes, along with the above branches, aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, rarefied gas dynamics, mechanics of multi phase and reactive media, etc. The FM application domains were expanded, and new investigation methods were developed. Certain concepts introduced by the classics of science, however, are still of primary importance and will apparently be of importance in the future. The Lagrangian and Eulerian descriptions of a continuum, tensors of strains and stresses, conservation laws for mass, momentum, moment of momentum, and energy are the examples of such concepts and results. This list should be augmented by the first and second laws of thermodynamics, which determine the character and direction of processes at a given point of a continuum. The availability of the conservation laws is conditioned by the homogeneity and isotrop­ icity properties of the Euclidean space, and the form of these laws is related to the Newton's laws. The laws of thermodynamics have their foundation in the statistical physics.

Pijush K. Kundu, Ira M. Cohen, David R. Dowling ... 

Meinhard T. Schobeiri ... 
504 pages
Publisher: Springer; (October 8, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3642115934
ISBN-13: 978-3642115936

The contents of this book covers the material required in the Fluid Mechanics Graduate Core Course (MEEN-621) and in Advanced Fluid Mechanics, a Ph. D-level elective course (MEEN-622), both of which I have been teaching at Texas A&M University for the past two decades. While there are numerous undergraduate fluid mechanics texts on the market for engineering students and instructors to choose from, there are only limited texts that comprehensively address the particular needs of graduate engineering fluid mechanics courses. To complement the lecture materials, the instructors more often recommend several texts, each of which treats special topics of fluid mechanics. This circumstance and the need to have a textbook that covers the materials needed in the above courses gave the impetus to provide the graduate engineering community with a coherent textbook that comprehensively addresses their needs for an advanced fluid mechanics text. Although this text book is primarily aimed at mechanical engineering students, it is equally suitable for aerospace engineering, civil engineering, other engineering disciplines, and especially those practicing professionals who perform CFD-simulation on a routine basis and would like to know more about the underlying physics of the commercial codes they use. Furthermore, it is suitable for self study, provided that the reader has a sufficient knowledge of calculus and differential equations. In the past, because of the lack of advanced computational capability, the subject of fluid mechanics was artificially subdivided into inviscid, viscous (laminar, turbulent), incompressible, compressible, subsonic, supersonic and hypersonic flows.

Steven A. Jones ...
242 pages
Publisher: Intech; (March, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9535102419
ISBN-13: 978-9535102410

Whereas the field of Fluid Mechanics can be described as complicated, mathematically challenging, and esoteric, it is also imminently practical. It is central to a wide variety of issues that are important not only technologically, but also sociologically. This book highlights a cross-section of methods in Fluid Mechanics, each of which illustrates novel ideas of the researchers and relates to one or more issues of high interest during the early 21st century. The challenges include multiphase flows, compressibility, nonlinear dynamics, flow instability, changing solid-fluid boundaries, and fluids with solid-like properties. The applications relate problems such as weather and climate prediction, air quality, fuel efficiency, wind or wave energy harvesting, landslides, erosion, noise abatement, and health care.

Kaplan S. Basniev, Nikolay M. Dmitriev, George V. Chilingar ... 576 pages - Publisher: Wiley-Scrivener; 1st edition (October, 2012) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 1118385063 - ISBN-13: 978-1118385067 ...

The mechanics of fluid flow is one of the most important fundamental engineering disciplines explaining both natural phenomena and human-induced processes. A group of some of the best-known petroleum engineers in the world give a thorough understanding of this important field, central to the operations of the oil and gas industry. The mechanics of fluid flow, specifically gas, oil, and water, is a fundamental engineering discipline explaining various natural phenomena and human-induced processes. It is of utmost importance in aviation, shipbuilding, petroleum industries, thermodynamics, meteorology, and chemical engineering. This basic applied scientific discipline enables one to understand and describe mathematically the movement of fluids (gas, oil, water) in various media: channels, subsurface formations, pipelines, etc. To describe various phenomena and applications associated with fluid dynamics, the writers used the unified systematic approach based on the continuity and conservation laws of continuum mechanics. There have been many books written on the basics of fluid flow or fluid mechanics, but this volume, written by some of the most well-respected engineers and scientists in the oil and gas industry, is the first of its kind to apply these fundamental concepts to problems encountered in the petroleum industry at this level of detail. Mathematical description of specific applied problems and their solutions are presented in the book, as well as the concepts behind them, both traditional and newly conceived ideas that will be of use to scientists and students alike. This book can be used as a textbook by the university student, or as a handbook for the engineer or scientist in the field. This groundbreaking new volume includes: More efficient oil & gas production for the petroleum engineer and petroleum geologist. * More accurate forecasting for the environmental engineer. * Real-world examples for the engineering student. * Valuable new information not available anywhere else.