8th Edition. — McGraw-Hill Education, 2016. — 864 p. — ISBN: 0073398276
The eighth edition of White's Fluid Mechanics offers students a clear and comprehensive presentation of the material that demonstrates the progression from physical concepts to engineering applications and helps students quickly see the practical importance of fluid mechanics fundamentals. The wide variety of topics gives instructors many options for their course and is a useful resource to students long after graduation.
The book's unique problem-solving approach is presented at the start of the book and carefully integrated in all examples. Students can progress from general ones to those involving design, multiple steps and computer usage.
Pressure Distribution in a Fluid
Integral Relations for a Control Volume
Differential Relations for Fluid Flow
Dimensional Analysis and Similarity
Viscous Flow in Ducts
Flow Past Immersed Bodies
Potential Flow and Computational Fluid Dynamics
Compressible Flow
Open-Channel Flow
Turbomachinery
AppendixesPhysical Properties of Fluids
Compressible Flow Tables
Conversion Factors
Equations of Motion in Cylindrical Coordinates
Estimating Uncertainty in Experimental Data
Answers to Selected Problems