Nevers, Noel de

Fluid mechanics for chemical engineers - 2nd - New York McGraw-Hill, Inc. 1991 - xxi, 558 p.: ill. - McGraw-Hill chemical engineering series .

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Fluid Statics
3. The Balance Equation and the Mass Balance
4. The First Law of Thermodynamics
5. Bernonlli's Equation
6. Fluid Friction in One-Dimensional Flow
7. The Momentum Balance
8. One-Dimensional High-Velocit Gas Flow
9. Pumps, Compressors, and Turbines
10. Potential Flow
11. The Boundary Layer
12. Flow through Porous Media
13. Model Studies, Dimensional Analysis, and Similitude
14. Gas-Liquid Flow
15. Non-Newtonian Fluids
16. Turbulence
17. Surface Forces

This is intended as an introduction to fluid mechanics for third-year Chemical Engineering students. The presentation of fluid mechanics is elaborated with numerous detailed examples. Throughout, an emphasis is placed on the connection between physical reality and its mathematical models.

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Chemical engineering
Fluid mechanics

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