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Study Guide for Basic Fluid Mechanics (Second Edition)
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About Study Guide For Basic Fluid Mechanics
This is the Second Edition of a text that greatly enhances the utility of Basic Fluid Mechanics by David C. Wilcox. Study Guide for Basic Fluid Mechanics contains a collection of solved problems for all important concepts developed in the main text. Additionally, it is sufficiently general and self contained to be used with most undergraduate fluid-mechanics texts. While Basic Fluid Mechanics includes examples for all key concepts, the number of worked problems has been held to a minimum to eliminate disruption of a continuous train of thought in presenting basic concepts. Preserving the focus in this manner is a key problem every author must address. This study guide contains 129 examples worked in complete detail to help students benefit from step-by-step solutions, while maintaining the integrity and readability of ``Basic Fluid Mechanics." Another significant problem faced by an author in preparing a textbook for use in a classroom setting is deciding on the level of complexity of the examples embodied in the narrative. Usually, to permit complete solution of a problem in a typical class lecture, only the simplest geometries are considered. Basic Fluid Mechanics even rigs answers for many problems to be rational numbers, with an eye on emphasizing concepts rather than stressing operations on a hand-held calculator. While convenient for the classroom, real engineering problems usually involve much more complex examples than standard textbook problems. Even though Basic Fluid Mechanics has numerous complicated examples in the Problems sections, none are explicitly worked start to finish with comments indicating why certain steps are taken. This study guide has been created to fill this void. Thus, Study Guide for Basic Fluid Mechanics is an illustrative-example book, while Basic Fluid Mechanics focuses on the theoretical development and explanation of fluid-mechanical principles. The study guide explains how to solve typical problems in fluid mechanics based on the theoretical concepts developed and discussed in the main text. It parallels the main text, chapter-by-chapter, presenting complete and explicit solutions to common types of fluid-flow problems. Each chapter begins with an overview of the types of problems included and a discussion of some of the most important details of general solution methodology. Often, there is a recurrent theme running through all of the solved problems, and the introductory comments identify such themes. On the one hand, as with a teacher's lecture notes, the study guide amplifies the most important concepts, leaving more subtle details to the main text. On the other hand, unlike a teacher's lecture notes, theoretical explanations are not covered here. Consequently, maximum value will be gained by first studying the material in the main text, and then examining the solved problems in the study guide. Conscientious use of Basic Fluid Mechanics and Study Guide for Basic Fluid Mechanics will give the reader a solid foundation in the theoretical foundations of fluid mechanics from the text and a mastery of the consequent methodology used to solve typical fluid-flow problems from the study guide.
