Fluid Dynamics Books

New and Published Books

1. Environmental Fluid Mechanics

   Memorial Volume in honour of Prof. Gerhard H. Jirka

   Edited by Wolfgang Rodi, Markus Uhlmann

   Series: IAHR Monographs

   This volume contains the papers of invited lectures presented at the Memorial Colloquium on Environmental Fluid Mechanics, held on June 3 and 4, 2011, in Karlsruhe, Germany in honour of the late Professor Gerhard H. Jirka, who passed away unexpectedly in February 2010. With both the colloquium and...

   Published May 24th 2012 by CRC Press
2. Instabilities of Flows and Transition to Turbulence

   By Tapan K. Sengupta

   Addressing classical material as well as new perspectives, Instabilities of Flows and Transition to Turbulence presents a concise, up-to-date treatment of theory and applications of viscous flow instability. It covers materials from classical instability to contemporary research areas including...

   Published April 23rd 2012 by CRC Press
3. Elements of Heat Transfer

   By Ethirajan Rathakrishnan

   Written for chemical, mechanical, and aerospace engineering students taking courses on heat and mass transfer, this textbook presents the basics and proceeds to the required theory and its application aspects. Major topics covered include conduction, convection, radiation, boiling, heat exchangers,...

   Published March 4th 2012 by CRC Press
4. Biofluid Mechanics

   The Human Circulation, Second Edition

   By Krishnan B. Chandran, Stanley E. Rittgers, Ajit P. Yoganathan

   Designed for senior undergraduate or first-year graduate students in biomedical engineering, Biofluid Mechanics: The Human Circulation, Second Edition teaches students how fluid mechanics is applied to the study of the human circulatory system. Reflecting changes in the field since the publication...

   Published February 23rd 2012 by CRC Press
5. Essentials of Thermal System Design and Optimization

   By C. Balaji

   The vital concept of optimization has been largely neglected in thermal sciences. Keeping this in mind, Essentials of Thermal System Design and Optimization introduces the general principles involved in system design and optimization as applicable to thermal systems, followed by the methods to...

   Published October 5th 2011 by CRC Press
6. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Handbook

   Edited by Sushanta K. Mitra, Suman Chakraborty

   Series: Microfluidics & Nanofludics Handbook

   The Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Handbook: Two-Volume Set comprehensively captures the cross-disciplinary breadth of micro- and nanofluidics, which encompass the biological sciences, chemistry, physics and engineering applications. To fill the knowledge gap between engineering and the basic...

   Published September 19th 2011 by CRC Press
7. Computational Fluid Dynamics

   Edited by Frederic Magoules

   Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing Series

   Exploring new variations of classical methods as well as recent approaches appearing in the field, Computational Fluid Dynamics demonstrates the extensive use of numerical techniques and mathematical models in fluid mechanics. It presents various numerical methods, including finite volume, finite...

   Published August 23rd 2011 by Chapman and Hall/CRC
8. Mechanics of Fluids, Ninth Edition

   By John Ward-Smith

   As in previous editions, this ninth edition of Massey’s Mechanics of Fluids introduces the basic principles of fluid mechanics in a detailed and clear manner. This bestselling textbook provides the sound physical understanding of fluid flow that is essential for an honours degree course...

   Published August 21st 2011 by CRC Press
9. Analytical Heat Transfer

   By Je-Chin Han

   Developed from the author’s 30 years of teaching a graduate-level intermediate heat transfer course, Analytical Heat Transfer explains how to analyze and solve conduction, convection, and radiation heat transfer problems. Suitable for entry-level graduate students, the book fills the gap between...

   Published July 26th 2011 by CRC Press
10. Fundamentals of Incompressible Flow

    By V. Babu

    This book takes a novel approach to incompressible flow by first elucidating concepts such as viscosity and Reynolds number. The author derives incompressible Navier-Stokes equations and discusses the mathematical nature of their solutions. In this context, he introduces the notion of outer and...

    Published December 21st 2010 by CRC Press