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Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers, third edition retains the characteristics that made this introductory text a success in prior editions. It is still a book that emphasizes material and energy balances and maintains a practical orientation throughout. No more math is included than is required...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De Nevers, Noel, 1932-2019
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : McGraw-Hill Higher Education, [2005]
Edition:3rd ed.
Series:McGraw-Hill chemical engineering series.
Subjects:
Fluid mechanics.
Chemical engineering.
Online Access:Table of contents only
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Table of Contents:
  • Notation
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Fluid statics
  • The balance equation and the mass balance
  • The first law of thermodynamics
  • Bernoulli's equation
  • Fluid friction in steady, one-dimensional flow
  • The momentum balance
  • One-dimensional, high velocity gas flow
  • Models, dimensional analysis, and dimensionless numbers
  • Pumps, compressors, and turbines
  • Flow through porous media
  • Gas-liquid flow
  • Non-Netwonian fluid flow in circular pipes
  • Surface forces
  • Two- and three-dimensional fluid mechanics
  • Potential flow
  • The boundary layer
  • Turbulence
  • Mixing
  • Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
  • Appendix A : tables and charts of fluid properties, pipe dimensions and flows, and high-velocity gas flows
  • Appendix B : derivations and proofs
  • Appendix C : equations for two- and three-dimensional fluid mechanics
  • Appendix D : answers to selected problems
  • Index.