Product Description

Extensively revised and updated for its eighth edition, this best-selling textbook now includes the physics of tsunamis, basic applications of complex variable theory, procedures for the selection of pumps and fans and additional data on flow losses.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #27162 in Books
• Published on: 2005-11-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 704 pages

From the Back Cover

Massey has long been a best-selling textbook. This extensively revised and updated eighth edition, like its predecessors, presents the basic principles of the mechanics of fluids in a thorough and clear manner. It provides the essential material for an honours degree course in civil or mechanical engineering, in addition to providing much relevant material for undergraduate courses in aeronautical and chemical engineering.

Emphasis is given to a sound physical understanding of fluid flow and its engineering applications, rather than to mathematical techniques. Students are introduced systematically to the subject, with the text moving from the simple to the complex, and from the familiar to the unfamiliar. SI units are used throughout and there are many worked examples. The book is essentially self-contained but, where appropriate, references are given to more detailed or advanced accounts of particular topics.

New topics for this edition include basic applications of complex variable theory, the concepts of stream force and mass flow function, procedures for the selection of pumps and fans, and the losses for perforated plates and gauzes. For lecturers, an accompanying solutions manual is available.